Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mir Ali of Persia

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Very few reliable sources available. TYelliot | Talk | Contribs 08:35, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

• Comment. As creator of this article I have very little to add. I was doing cleanup of another article which commingled information about very distinct subjects, and I [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mir_Ali,_Pakistan&diff=prev&oldid=236866892 removed] information from the Mir Ali, Pakistan article and created the present article. __meco (talk) 08:46, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
• weak delete unless the article is sufficiently expanded to clearly identify the person. Mir Ali hints that this is a very common name; there were also Mir Sayyid Ali and Mir Ali Mashhadi (centuries before the reign of Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar) and "a peripheral court parasite Mir Ali Naqi" (contemporary of the Shah, [http://books.google.com/books?id=xdFu7X2UtpAC&pg=PA311&dq=Mir+Ali+Shah+Qajar&hl=en&ei=DyXETMe8N8zsObSC8J4M&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Mir%20Ali&f=false]) etc. Mir Ali Shir Nava'i is commonly reduced to just Mir Ali etc. etc. East of Borschov 12:26, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
• keep, rename with just one letter added (Mihr Ali) plenty of evidence showed up! East of Borschov 02:23, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
• weak keep I read something about this fellow, Rirunmot (talk) 16:28, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:05, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:05, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
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• Delete per nom...Modernist (talk) 23:54, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
• Keep per new changes to the article by User:Grutness; needs more work but historical and encyclopedic...Modernist (talk) 00:53, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
• Strong keep. the artist (whose name is actually Mihr 'Ali), is one of Persian history's more notable artists, though unfortunately there's not too much info online. I have expanded the article a little from the (IMO - no offence intended) pathetic stub that it was to something that at least looks like the start of an article. Note: If kept, the article should be moved to the correct name. Grutness...wha? 00:44, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
• Strong keep. With the expansion of the article this is a clearcut Keep. __meco (talk) 08:44, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
• Keep. Most of [http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=active&tbo=1&tbs=bks%3A1&q=%28%22Mir+Ali%22+OR+%22Mihr+Ali%22%29+painter+qajar&aq=f&aqi=m1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= these books] have coverage of the subject, and clearly identify him as one of the foremost artists of his period. Phil Bridger (talk) 10:11, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
• Withdraw. Sufficient references have been found and appropriate footnotes included. I am withdrawing the nomination. TYelliot | Talk | Contribs 14:11, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

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