 | This discussion was subject to a deletion review on 2012 January 7. For an explanation of the process, see Wikipedia:Deletion review. |
- 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 no consensus, default to keep. Despite a heavily slanted !vote count towards "delete", most of those who argued for deletion made no attempt in analysing the inherent quality of the cited Persian-language sources. It is an oft-forgotten Wikipedia policy that foreign-language sources should not be considered inferior to English-language sources, particularly in determining source reliability and establishing notability. The sourcing guideline merely suggests that if equivalent English-language citations are available they should be preferred. The result of this debate should not preclude anyone with competence in analysing the Persian-language sources from re-nominating the article for deletion. Whether this article should be renamed is now beyond the remit of AfD.
I hope to remind all editors participating in this debate that a lack of English-language sources is not a valid reason for deletion if foreign-language sources are given, nor is one's lack of ability to understand a foreign-language source a valid argument against the source's reliability. Deryck C. 14:07, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]