Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Khaled Koubaa

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) ASTIG😎 _{(ICE T • ICE CUBE)} 05:20, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Khaled Koubaa

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Reference are mix of profiles and annoucement of directorship. Fails WP:SIGCOV and WP:BIO. scope_creep^Talk 11:00, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 11:05, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 11:05, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Tunisia-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 11:05, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep according to the bellow source:
• L’expert tunisien Khaled Koubaa rejoint officiellement Facebook
• 6 Khaled Koubaa, élu membre du conseil d’administration de l’ICANN
• NEWSKhaled Koubaa, le premier recruté par Google en Tunisie

and other source which covering him to pass the GNG. ZEP55 (talk) 16:18, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

They are profiles and interviews. They are WP:PRIMARY. None of them can establish notability. Where is the secondary sources, per WP:SECONDARY? One the references on the page, is an internal worldbank page, where the public is not allowed access. That indicated it has been create UPE or a paid editor. scope_creep^Talk 17:24, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User is a WP:SPA. scope_creep^Talk 17:24, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm agree, the sources in the article are not reliable and they are profile, however they can verify his works. my mean is the sources which I found and mentioned here or the sources available in the internet can be help to keep his article. the paid editor is really funny thing when he have profiles on ICANN and U.S. Department of State. ZEP55 (talk) 18:46, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

He is not politician nor a senior civil servant in the US Government and being listed on the U.S. Department of State, doesn't automatically make you notable. The coverage you have provided, is profiles that he has written. scope_creep^Talk 10:39, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm agree with you profiles worths nothing in WP, but that profiles created by government and not by himself, USA always creating this type of profiles for successful people. ZEP55 (talk) 12:42, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi scope_creep, I'm quite shocked about the paid editing accusation just because now the worldbank article is no longer accessible. When I wrote the article the link was available and by doing a search on the web.archive you will be able to see a copy of it (here). I will fix this in the article.Yamen (talk) 00:49, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep the person is not only a notable personality in Tunisia (several local medias articles about him and about his career) but also internationally as a board member of the ICANN and other important positions. I can add more sources to the article if you think it's needed. Yamen (talk) 00:43, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Yamen I do think adding sources that are non-interviews with independent significant coverage is necessary. If you can locate them, please add them. I will wait to give an opinion until then.4meter4 (talk) 16:55, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment new sources have been added by Yamen since nomination. I have no opinion on them at this time. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 12:22, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Lets examine the sources:

Ref 1 is an annoucement of a job. The information was confirmed by the person himself on his Facebook account, i.e. his next employer!

Ref 2 from the worldbank is a profile, probably written by himself.

Ref 3 Khaled Koubaa, the first person recruited by Google in Tunisia The info is taken from social media.

Ref 4 The same profile from the Worldbank ref. The Internet strikes a personal chord with Khaled: he met his wife online, and subsequently saw his daughter for the first time online. Written by him and used in the worldbank profile. Can you believe that.

Ref 5 Another profile.

Ref 6 Another profile.

Ref 7 Another profile. An image.

Ref 8 An annoucement from a press-release.

The rest are the same. I'm not going to waste time on them. All the references are primary. They are routine annoucements of positions of work. Ref 11 is a standard court/ministry report of a meeting with a senior government official. It is primary as well. They are all junk. Not one of them is a secondary source. Ssveral have been written by himself. If the editor wasn't a cofounder of the Tunisia User Group, I would have assumed he was a UPE, as the references are so poor. The subject is a middleman, doing his job. He is non-notable. scope_creep^Talk 12:32, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep While not overwhelming, the sources added by Yamen are enough to demonstrate notabilty under WP:NBIO. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 16:07, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep. Marginally passes WP:NBIO per the sources added by Yamen.4meter4 (talk) 19:35, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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