Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yousef al-Khattab

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. Yanksox 13:12, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yousef al-Khattab

Yousef al-Khattab (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Procedural nomination. Article has been prodded, deprodded, reprodded, and deprodded (prods cannot be restored). There is concern that the subject may not meet WP:BIO youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 18:25, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletions. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 18:31, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletions. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 18:31, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. NN. Merge any useful material to The Root of All Evil ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 20:08, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or Merge I think Jossi's got it right. Still, not sure what material would be merged, as this guy seems to have done nothing notable other than getting interviewed. IronDuke 20:17, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Those are some very...interesting ideas he has. Agree with Jossi, this would work as a mention in the documentary page. --humblefool® 20:23, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. The article calls him "prominent". The only thing prominent I could discover about him is his Wikipedia bio. Doesn't come close to satisfying any of the inclusion category guidelines in WP:BIO. Dasondas 20:31, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. He is notable. --Daniel575 | (talk) 20:46, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Mind providing a reason? T Rex | talk 23:11, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per Jossi and IronDuke. There is a mention of him in The Root of All Evil which could be somewhat expanded with some of the info in this article. By the way the talk page and edit history seem to indicate that this article was created by its subject, see WP:AUTO. 6SJ7 21:28, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. If he were prominent, his extreme views would warrant notability too. However, he's a nut having been interviewed by Richard Dawkins; so? --tickle me 13:10, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. This is just self-promotion, not really providing anything worthy of being considered useful information. He's no prophet, hasn't really done anything influencial in either religion, one of many Jews who has probably converted to Islam over time. Evolver of Borg 22:29, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - He doesn't seem notable. BhaiSaab ^talk 23:18, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. --PinchasC | £€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€ 23:34, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.215.135.224 (talk • contribs).
• Delete. Does not seem to meet requirements of notability. Isarig 04:50, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Amoruso 12:17, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep No reason to delete, and it is useful and may enlighten people. or merge per jossi --Nielswik_(talk) 15:18, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• question Why did Dawkins select him to be interviewed? Was there some preexisting prominence which led Dawkins to him, or did he just sort of grab the first Jew-to-Muslim he could find? I haven't read the book and I don't have access to Youtube to see the interview, so if there's any indication of what made Dawkins select him, I'd appreciate a quick summary. Gzuckier 17:39, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

This is an AfD. Your question would have a better chance to be answered if you ask it at [[The Root of All Evil ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 18:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - per jossi. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 21:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - non-notable, hardly the "prominent" convert known for his outspoken views. Wikipidian 04:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - I believe he is notable. He is touted by certain Muslim fundamentalist groups as a Jew who has "seen the light" (without mentioning that he was raised secular). I have seen him mentioned, along with another picture of him, several times in this context. The Wikipedia article can provide important information (such as his not being raised a Hasidic Jew) to interested people. This is really the point of an Encyclopedia, actually. --Eliyak T·C 04:47, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and Merge per Jossi. Lets all keep WP:BIO in mind. Tewfik^Talk 07:08, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete' non notable vanity page see ??borderline personality disorder. Elizmr 13:59, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Please limit the debate to whether or not the subject merits inclusion or not and not about any opinions that you may have about the individual as a person. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 14:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

• OK, I apologize. Sorry. I've crossed it out, please accept my apology. Elizmr 14:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 14:28, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Not notable. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 19:53, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
• keep I have seen this guy on several places on the net, anyone seeing him might want to know about him, and that is a good notability crieteria in my book. He is a living and walking controversy, he did not get choosen by random for the documentary, he has a track record.--Striver 11:36, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

could you maybe give us a hint where? I assume more people than just me have all been looking and if anybody can find anything that doesn't stem from Dawkins nobody's reported it. Gzuckier 19:13, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: This is the best online source that I could find: http://www.jews-for-allah.org. I think the article, if not kept, should be merged to Muslim Jew. --Eliyak T·C 23:54, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
• http://www.jews-for-allah.org/Jewish-Converts-to-Islam/Yousef-al-Khatab.htm
• http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/salafi/jewishconvertyousefalkhattab.htm
• http://www.muslimtents.com/yousefalkhattab/
• http://www.rickross.com/reference/hate_groups/hategroups365.html
• http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Guestcv.asp?hGuestID=KzI47I
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2196364/bio
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6hZ9RgwIGc&mode=related&search=
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVKfnOJlBdk&mode=related&search=
• http://www.freethinkerscs.com/articles/fragileegos.htm
• http://discardedlies.com/entry/?20662_
• http://www.faithfreedom.org/Testimonials/Bewildered2.htm

"Yousef al Khattab" -Dawkins gives 520 hits, 100 less than just "Yousef al Khattab", proving that he is not just notable due to the dawkins film. --Striver 09:30, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Only 129 of the unique - crz crztalk 12:08, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Warning: Joey Cohen is a serious publicity hound. He is responsible for most of those things, and for this Wikipedia article. - crz crztalk 12:07, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

So? Is that a bad thing? --Striver 12:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

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