Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nabil Lahlou

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Contested prod. Moroccan movie director. I am unable to find web references about him or the movies mentioned in the article. Delete.  Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 15:09, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 17:24, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
• Weak Strong Keep A tough one indeed, and perhaps worth bringing in the WP:CSB folks. I found that he does exist, and has note as a stage director [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Nabil+Lahlou%22%2C+%22Director%22&aq=f&oq=&aqi=] in Morroco and there seems to be a LOT of [http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Nabil+Lahlou%22&um=1&ned=us&hl=en&scoring=a G-News coverage] of him in French language. I also have found the films: [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Al+Kanfoudi%22%2C+film&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Al Kanfoudi][http://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=%22Al+Kanfoudi%22%2C+film&btnG=Search+Books] and [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Brahim+Yash%22%2C+film&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Brahin Yash][http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&q=%22Brahim%20Yash%22%2C%20film&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wp]. They are pre-internet and sources are few, but they have been covered in books. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MichaelQSchmidt (talk • contribs)
• Upped per new sources. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 23:05, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
• Comment. I've been asked to withdraw with regard to the comment above. I don't have time to check out the references tonight, but if they do check out I'll be happy to withdraw the nomination. However, there is no need to wait for my withdrawal before making the necessary improvements that will save the article. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:48, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
• Okay, one look at the Google News link above shows a lot of articles from Le Matin, which is definitely a reliable source. However, these articles are about another Nabil Lahlou, a race car driver. Most of the others are what we would call trivial sources that only mention Lahlou in passing, and one that sounded good from the Google summary was blocked by my firewall as a probable virus. (For obvious reasons, I will not post a link to it.) But if one source is found that satisfies WP:RS, do not hesitate to add it to the article. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 03:06, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
• Comment upped from weak to strong per [http://books.google.com/books?id=W63OCzel54IC&pg=PA175&dq=%22Nabil+Lahlou%22,+%22Director%22&ei=pzMwSp7hL47UlQS_0-GFDw The world encyclopedia of contemporary theatre] calling him one of the most influential Morrocan theatrical directors of the 1980s, and he is written of in depth in [http://books.google.com/books?id=R2y0GaBgycQC&pg=PA487&dq=%22Al+Kanfoudi%22,+film&ei=KDowSqrBF5TOkwSur9j1Dg Companion encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African film]. G-Book searches [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&q=%22Al%20Kanfoudi%22%2C%20film&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wp "Al Kanfoudi", film] proved useful. A web search for [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Nabil%2BLahlou%2Btheater&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Nabil+Lahlou+theater] is also proving more fruitful, but will need help from French-reading wikipedians. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 22:56, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
• Okay. I'm spent. I have done just about as much as I can digging for English sources and fighting with Google Translate for some of the French. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nabil_Lahlou&diff=295181920&oldid=295140368 STUB] that first went to AfD has been expanding and sourced to become [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabil_Lahlou THIS]. This fellow is quite notable in Morocco and Northen Africa. It still needs input and help from French and Arabic reading editors. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 07:45, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
• Keep Great finds. You don't get mentioned in a book like that, as the guy was, without being notable. Dream Focus 23:47, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
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