Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Ahmed

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The result was delete. — JJMC89 (T·C) 00:48, 9 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Adam Ahmed

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A self-published author who is applying for asylum. This article was written by a WP:SPA and is likely to be an autobiography. WP:BEFORE finds others with the same name but no obvious sources to substantiate notability in this case. Guy (Help!) 15:17, 1 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:19, 1 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete self-published writers need far better sourcing to show notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:29, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Hey, there is an exception to Wikipedia's requirements for notability of topics which means this article can be Kept, although in modified format as a short list of persons sharing this name. It is the argument/fact that any verifiable set of same-named things can be covered in a set index article, for which standards of notability do not apply. Here, by quick searching (e.g. here is a list of top 10 LinkedIn profiles for persons named "Adam Ahmed") it is easily established that there are multiple persons of this name. So, what needs to be done here is to revise this article into a table of 2 or 3 persons, with the block of information about the current person being the entirety of the current article, and just any random facts about the other persons in their blocks. This article should probably be renamed to "List of persons named Adam Ahmed" or similar, and Category:Set indices should be attached, to clarify to all that the set index exception clearly applies.

In Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of lakes named McArthur (still ongoing, but honestly it seems very likely the decision will be to "Keep" or not delete the article, thereby endorsing the strategy), it is being clarified that this maneuver is okay. This is great. By its reasoning, this article can be saved! --Doncram (talk) 05:28, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The listed sources don't support notability (and at least 1 represents original research). As for turning this into a set index article, I think that only works if the members of the set are already notable. Rockphed (talk) 19:21, 4 September 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.