Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Assiut University alumni

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The result was delete. Can be redirected if desired. Sandstein 06:54, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of Assiut University alumni

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Unsourced duplication of Category:Assiut University alumni created by a sock puppet of globally locked cross-wiki SPA Eslam Ossama (talk · contribs) DrKay (talk) 07:36, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 08:49, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Egypt-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 08:49, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Seems like a pretty standard sort of list, and lists don't duplicate categories, but with such a short list it probably makes most sense to merge it into the university article. Not !voting at this time because I haven't checked that there are actually sources in the linked articles showing those people are alumni, and also because I'm not sure about the sock puppetry issue (which would be a reason for speedy, no?). I see a suspected sock tag, but no SPI, no block, etc. -- on what basis are you saying it's a sock puppet? — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 14:40, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The evidence is cross-wiki, see for example [1]. It's known that Moustafa Nour (talk · contribs), Eslam Ossama (talk · contribs) and انتريا (talk · contribs) are identical because all three have uploaded the same image files depicting the same person[2][3][4] and the two most recent incarnations have edited the user/draft space of the previous two[5][6]. There is other evidence on other wikis (some now deleted): all the edits are based around the same person. DrKay (talk) 15:31, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per above. If it had any good references or were created in good faith (rather than by a promotion-only sock puppet), I would probably say delete or merge. Going through to revert some of the promotion in his contribs now. Should also add 41.233.173.182 to the list. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 16:06, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:22, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: for a short list, this is much better handled by Category:Assiut University alumni. K.e.coffman (talk) 18:37, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Notable Alumni section in the university article. There shouldn't be a size reason to split the article like that for now. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 19:45, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If the creator is a sock then recommend Delete first and then create redirect. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 18:04, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. No opinion on keep/delete, but please see WP:NOTDUP where it says "Furthermore, arguing that a category duplicates a list (or vice versa) at a deletion discussion is not a valid reason for deletion and should be avoided". Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 08:30, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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