User talk:Mdehbi

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Mehdi Dehbi article

Hello, Mdehbi. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page Mehdi Dehbi, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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You have repeatedly edited the Mehdi Dehbi article to remove information. Much of what you have removed was unsourced, and should have been removed. However my recent addition was from an article in La Libre, here, which says:

C'est le grand-père maternel, berbère, qui a quitté le Maroc pour s'installer à Liège.

If the article in La Libre was inaccurate or if I have misunderstood the French, then please discuss this at Talk:Mehdi Dehbi.

The content could also be challenged on the basis that ethnicity is unimportant, and is not useful for an understanding of Dehbi. There is a relevant discussion at Wikipedia:Race and ethnicity. In my view ethnicity and cultural background are relevant here, because his name appears to have a non-European origin, he has played several characters with Arabic heritage, and arguably because his appearance suggests a non-European ancestry. Stating that his grandfather came from Morocco counteracts the supposition that Mehdi himself is from North Africa. Verbcatcher (talk) 22:10, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]