Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nabil Al Awadi

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The result was keep. Michig (talk) 07:00, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nabil Al Awadi

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Article was previously dependent on copied text that was removed as a violation. Without that, there is very little to talk about on this gentleman that confers notability. A search finds little more than routine listings of his works -- typically YouTube videos of his lectures and social media chatter about them. This article looks like an inappropriate attempt to promote those lecture videos. He will have to ask for hits elsewhere. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 16:12, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 16:14, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 16:14, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kuwait-related deletion discussions. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 16:14, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete as per nomination.TH1980 (talk) 03:24, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. A search in Arabic shows him to be very noteworthy, and among a number of preachers who have had their Kuwaiti nationality withdrawn for radical religious ideas. Discussion of this in a couple of sources says that a number of people have been stripped of their nationality, ‘most notably’ Awadi. There isn’t a huge amount of coverage in mainstream Gulf media because the press is heavily controlled by the state and he’s an undesirable, but there certainly are sources from reliable mainstream publications such as Al Arab where even if you can’t read Arabic you can see the article is all about him and not just a passing mention; likewise this one in Al Hayat and this one in Al Khaleej online. Mccapra (talk) 09:40, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I'll save it , he's notable person , Thanks . -Imad_J (talk) 18:15, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Google Translate of Mccapra's finds convinces me: three independent mainstream news sources which single him out by name, not just in passing. Narky Blert (talk) 09:53, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:56, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Will add sources later, but this guy definitely has several independent and reliable sources talking about him. (Search on Google News, not Google proper-- the first few pages of Google results are not independent of the subject.) Gilded Snail (talk) 21:07, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but page needs cleanup, maybe some sort of protection. I just added 2 brief sentences to lede, sourced to some intense reporting by Andrew Gilligan at the Sunday Telegraph. Before that page had been cleansed of the terrorist/ ISIL ties that make him notable.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:31, 14 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment from Nominator - The article has been improved nicely since my deletion proposal, which is a fine outcome to this process. In fact, I should have noticed the obscure news sources located by the folks above. It appears that the ultimate decision will be to keep the article, and I will not oppose that. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 00:21, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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.