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Ahmad Keshvari

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Notability can't be established. The sources referenced are unreliable and operated by or made to promote the Iranian theocracy. I had placed sourcing tags on the page, but these were summarily removed by the article creator, without any improvements made to the article's sourcing.[1] An article under the same name had previously been speedily deleted.[2] The article creator has a long pattern of bias in favor of the Iranian church authorities (see contribs). Anders Feder (talk) 13:29, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

• Keep: Ahmad Keshvari is one of important Iranian commander and he was famous pilot during Iran-Iraq war. In Iran and several word media, make a lot of multimedia about his life. There is a movie about his life in IMDB. Also, in Iran created a film about his life that known as Simorgh. This film was showed in a lot of word TV channels. So, he can notable and his article could be keep. I can correct the article structure and add new source.AliAkar (talk) 14:03, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

If there are any reliable sources, why did you not use them in the article, instead of just summarily removing the refimprove tag?[3] An Iranian state propaganda movie is hardly a reliable source.--Anders Feder (talk) 14:16, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

@Anders Feder:Flight Wing is the name of the book that reflects the life of Ahmad Keshvari which presented at the 26th Tehran International Book Fair. The International Book Fair is important Book Fair in the word and participate a lot of people from the word. In the book, Ahmad Keshvari was introduced as a prominent Sacred Defense pilot.AliAkar (talk) 07:24, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

@AliAkar: Do you have a link to this book on Amazon or Google Books or some other credible book store? I was only able to find this page, where it is described under the heading: "Life of Sacred Defense pilot accessible to children at TIBF", i.e. it's a children's indoctrination book. The "Tehran International Book Fair" is held by the "Iran Cultural Fairs Institute". According to its homepage, "The institute has been commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance to stage a number of cultural events, particularly the landmark annual Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF)..." So this is a "book fair" sanctioned by the Iranian state for promoting pro-government literature. Is this your reliable source?--Anders Feder (talk) 08:06, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

@Anders Feder:The Tehran Book fair is a cultural event has turned into a landmark, momentous book fair in Middle East and Asia after 27 editions in a row. It is a international book fair and has millions of visitors inspect the fair every year. Yes, this book fair is the most significant cultural event in Iran but another country participates. Hassan Ahmadi, the writer of Flight Wing, is a children’s writer but has been written in a fictional way for its young readers and not this book for children. Ahmadi is a story writer and journalist and has written various books for children and young adults.AliAkar (talk) 10:19, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

What does it matter how many supporters the Iranian media control ministry have visiting their book fair? Even if 10 billion people believe in a lie it is still just a lie. According to The Guardian, the publishers allowed on the fair are strictly controlled by the state censorship authorities. And citing a fictional book for indoctrinating children into supporting the Iranian military as a source is a farce.--Anders Feder (talk) 11:06, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

@Anders Feder:Do you study the link that you sent for me?!!! I say about this source: The Guardian. Please attention: But Tehran's international book fair, held annually in the first half of May, attracts half a million visitors per day. The figure is more than the number of people who visit Frankfurt Book Fair, which claims to be the biggest in the world, over its entire duration. This sentence prove my opinion.AliAkar (talk) 11:50, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

@AliAkar: Why are you quoting that? As I wrote above: who cares how many people are attending the Iranian state's book fair?--Anders Feder (talk) 11:55, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

@AliAkar:who cares! It had half a million visitors per day/Who cares, more than the number of people who visit Frankfurt Book Fair/Who care, The Guardian care to it/ who cares, a lot of publisher from the world participated on. Who care that you don't care?

That's not what I asked. Even if the whole universe worshipped your ayatollah, it still wouldn't make lies turn true.--Anders Feder (talk) 12:10, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

@Anders Feder: In Wikipedia we must report the reliable source and me and you are not responsible for judge about the true or lie. You say just your reason about Tehran Book fair and don't say any thing about your idea about Wikipedia rules. This article is a notable because several multimedia, TV programe, and website write about this person. The notability not limited but a topic can notable in one country or many. Therefore, see the article and say about the Wiki rules not about Iran Book Fair.AliAkar (talk) 11:39, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

@AliAkar:If you don't want me to "say about Iran Book Fair", then why did you bring it into the discussion? And you are not "responsible for judge about the true or lie" either. A load of propaganda hogwash from the despotic Iranian regime does not amount to a proof of anything, including notability.--Anders Feder (talk) 12:10, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

@Anders Feder: You have personal problem with Iran and just sentence about this country and you say your idea and this is not public idea about a country. I bring a sentence from the link that you sent to me until tell to you that you did not read your sources.AliAkar (talk) 12:58, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

@Anders Feder:Shahed Electronic Publication released multimedia software about Major General Pilot Ahmad Keshvari. Multimedia software with name of Major General Pilot Ahmad Keshvari includes 245 pages of texts, 117 pictures and documents, and 127 minutes of film 380 minutes of audio files.AliAkar (talk) 10:29, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

@Anders Feder:Simorgh TV series: In 1992, Iranian television made a series that was about pilots of the western war zone such as Ali Akbar Shiroodi, Ahmad Keshvari, and Soheilian.AliAkar (talk) 11:01, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. Ism schism (talk) 19:13, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

• Keep A notable war hero in Iran, article has reliable sources for proof. Although most information is in Farsi, I easily found two reliable sources in English. This is a clear keep. The article does need some work. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 19:15, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

@Ism schism:What are the sources you consider reliable?--Anders Feder (talk) 19:33, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

• Keep One may simply refer to WP:SOLDIER. He was a brigadier General according to the Iran army official website. Simorgh TV series adds weight to the notability. He was very notable among Iranian pilots. Mhhossein (talk) 12:25, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

WP:SOLDIER isn't even a policy or guideline, it's an essay. And as it says, notability requires "significant coverage in multiple verifiable independent, reliable sources," none of which exists for this person. The Simorgh TV series doesn't add anything whatsoever.--Anders Feder (talk) 12:33, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

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