Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Safdar Tawakoli

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The result was keep‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:29, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Safdar Tawakoli

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Tagged for notability since 2010. Fails WP:NSINGER. UtherSRG (talk) 19:21, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Bands and musicians, and Afghanistan. UtherSRG (talk) 19:21, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. I enjoyed listening to his music, though. Chamaemelum (talk) 01:21, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep seems extremely likely to meet GNG and possibly WP:MUSICBIO.7 English sources are somewhat spare. Here's a passing reference in english [1]. Here's a possible source [2]. There's a lot of hits in other languages: [3][4] —siro χ o 05:58, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:28, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - sources like https://www.bbc.com/persian/afghanistan/story/2006/07/060731_ag-studio7-tavakoli and http://afghannews.af/سلطان-دمبوره-و-بابای-موسیقی-پشتو-معرفی-شدند seem to indicate some notability. - Indefensible (talk) 20:38, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:13, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Siroxo and Indefensible above as meeting both NBASIC and MUSICBIO. It would be a bit surprising IMO if an Afghan singer with organic coverage on the FA, PNB and UR Wikipedias could not pass NBASIC. It would be even more surprising if a singer recognized by the government as the "sultan of dambura" and who was the subject of a two-day music festival at which his statue was unveiled did not meet MUSICBIO point 7 as a one of the most prominent representatives of a notable style. (At least, I don't think there's any question that Hazara folk music is a notable topic, even if we don't currently do a good job of covering it.) In any event the BBC festival link I posted and the AfghanNews link Indefensible posted above would seem to meet the NBASIC requirement of significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject. And given that I don't think either of us have much skill in searching in the local languages, I would venture that there are likely to be considerably more sources out there. -- Visviva (talk) 00:03, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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