Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tarek Yamout

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. – Sasquatch t|c 05:07, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tarek Yamout

Non-notable artist with an unsourced article. Very little on google. I came across this at List_of_Lebanese_people#Artists where it's the only entry I've seen that has a weblink which suggests ad to me. I've listed this as AfD rather than Prod in case someone with greater knowledge of nail art than me can add to the discussion. MLA 12:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. As it stands, the article does not assert any notability that would meet WP:BIO. --Satori Son 21:44, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Avi 00:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete: No assertion of significance at all. We find out that he has a day job, and then we're told to click on the links. That's either vanity or advertising, but, without any claim of notability in the field ("has been praised" is a passive voice construction that doesn't give us any actual claim), it's a pretty straightforward delete. Geogre 01:48, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment, maybe possibly a weak keep. In smaller cultures, such as those found in ex-Soviet Eastern Europe, or third-world or war-striken countries, people like this are sometimes all that the culture has to show for itself. Poverty and suppression can knock out almost all creative talent, and the few who manage to achieve anything at all should rightfully be considered to be notable. In the United States, we are awash in (truly, honestly) great talents on every street corner; other parts of the world are not so lucky. As to this particular fellow, I cannot tell. If someone is notable enough to still have someone writing a bio for him at age 61 -- well, maybe they're actually notable. I dunno. Just careful what you delete. linas 04:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)\
  • Comment: I quite agree that we have to be sensitive, but we also need the article to give us indications so that we can be sensitive with wisdom. By its very nature, an article like this comes from someone with computer access, and some reading of our other articles should give the author a sense of what's customary in an article. We can only judge by what they give us. I agree that we shouldn't be unnecessarily snotty about our votes, but the sheer volume of inappropriate articles a day would try the patience of a saint. Geogre 11:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Needs to be cleaned up and worked on, but for an artist working on a shoestring salary in relative obscurity, you can't expect a ton of information on Google. Additional research may be in order. Some pictures of Mr. Yamout's work would improve this article greatly.--Khatores 05:04, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. An artist working on a shoestring salary in relative obscurity, you can't expect a ton of information on Google an encyclopedia article. -- GWO
• Delete: potentially notable, and linas is right to caution us that war-torn countries such as Lebanon will suffer particularly from systemic bias. However, it is difficult if not impossible to verify the claims of notability, and as such it is likewise difficult to argue that the article should be kept in defiance of Wikipedia's fundamental policies. — Haeleth Talk 10:16, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. The biography was taken almost directly from a page at the first external link, which is the artist's official site. The second external link is just a page from a web directory in Arabic and English where I couldn't find the subject's name listed. There is no clear indication that he meets any of the WP:BIO criteria. --Metropolitan90 14:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. --Bigtop (tk|cb|em|ea) 16:24, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Destroy GangstaEB~(penguin logs) 16:40, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. rootology 22:19, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.