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An article you had been working on has been given an RFD. This is a request for deletion. Please do not remove the the RFD tag from the article. You are very welcome to add your comments to the Rfd page, where you can argue that the article should be kept. Other editors will read the article and the comments, and then make a decision. The decision will not be made for at least one week. If you have any questions, please ask, and I will try to assist you. Peterdownunder (talk) 10:58, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Yahya Alavi fard

Hi, I have listed the article for deletion because I do not think it is notable. By listing the article, it means other people can look at it and decide whether I am right or wrong. To be notable, an article on Yahya must show that he:

• has coverage in reliable sources, such as newspapers, magazines, other books.
• this coverage has to be independant, that is not by Yahya or his publishing companies. For example blogs, autobiographies, publicity, advertising are not acceptable.
• there has to be quite a few of these independant sources, for example I would expect to see a lot of links to them in Google.

There are some links to his published works, but as they are not in English (and this is an english language wikipedia) it is hard to check on them. Fard would need to be a well known author in Iran, and other countries, and his books would need to be able to be bought from book stores.

The purpose of the wikipedia is to educate and inform people. It has very strict rules about what can and cannot be included. It is not a publicity site for authors and musicians.

I hope this information helps. --Peterdownunder (talk) 11:30, 15 May 2010 (UTC)