Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zakaria Zubeidi

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The result was Keep and remove unsourced claims per WP:BLP. ~ trialsanderrors 08:39, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zakaria Zubeidi

Zakaria Zubeidi (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

this article has no encyclopedic value John Hyams 15:10, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

• Keep certainly an encyclopedic subject, although the article could do with expansion and improvement. PatGallacher 16:14, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete not every would-be suicide bomber requires a personal "shrine page" on Wikipedia. There are many persons on the FBI wanted list, and on Israel's wanted list, yet this fact alone does not merit an encyclopedia article. By that logic, anyone who has a link about the authorities trying to capture him/her, would be entitled of a Wikipedia page. His name can be mentioned in the main article about that terrorist organisaztion. John Hyams 06:22, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete The text notes that Zubeidi is married with two children. How wonderful. He must be a nice guy. I imagine that the creation of this image of being a homebody is the purpose of the article itself. But why does this justify an article about him? I'm a nice father, too. Would you let me post an article about myself? Of course, I'm not a wanted criminal or murderer, either. How many articles are there on Wikipedia about wanted criminals and murderers? {{subst:signed|Zozoulia}} {{time}} 06:37, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

I have now expanded the article, including some material taken from an Israeli source, with a link to the original article. This person also has articles on the French and Hebrew language Wikipedias, so it seems even some Israeli Wikipedians regard him as notable. PatGallacher 10:14, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Not convincing at all. So the guy is also a film actor in addition to being a would-be suicide bomber? If the guy is so notable as you say, where are the references to all his terror acts for which he is so wanted?... You have added a bit to the article but conveniently avoided mentioning any terror acts, and you also linked to a another Wikipedia page that you yourself created initially. Apart from the fact that this is clearly not NPOV, i.e - a biased article, this person and his obviously missing deeds do not justify an article. And again, Wikipedia is not a shrine for promoting personal agendas. John Hyams 11:15, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 13:58, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

• Keep, individual obviously notable as a top leader of an internationally recognized terrorist organization, and the "power broker" in a major Palestinian city.[1][2][3] (note: all three articles are largely about Zubeidi himself and not just the Brigades or their activities, all three are highlighted by photos of the man). This seems to be a bad-faith nomination based on a valuation of the person. --Dhartung | Talk 15:33, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep the subject seems notable enough for an article. Some cleanup is needed. ← ANAS ^Talk? 17:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup, per citations provided by Dhartung above. Notability demonstrated. Sure to be a POV-war magnet so I suggest an admin should semi-protect the article. Barno 17:51, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Israel or Palestine-related deletions. --   ⇒ bsnowball  09:58, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
• CommmetThe hebrew article was deleted. Jon513 11:29, 9 January 2007 (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.