Deletion of Kaveh Farrokh

Comment: The notability seems to be assured via the sources (BBC, VOA). This passes . However, remove any unverified statements per , and remove any weasel words. All information should be sourced
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF||WP:BLP)

Comment: cleary fails WP:PROF, but since he is the author of a work arguably passing , we can easily keep this as a redirect. Redirects are cheap
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BK)

Comment: Doesn't meet the criteria for . I don't have any opinion on his views
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF)

Comment: Since when do we judge the credibility of sources and authors on WP?''.  All the time.  That's what AfD is ''for'', to determine if the sources meet the requirements at 
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)

Comment: We're not discussing whether he is "credible". We're discussing whether he is sufficiently notable for a Wikipedia article. The criteria are set out at #Criteria. None of your points above address any of those criteria. Could you try doing so, please
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF)

Comment: per .   "worthy of notice", 50,000 Google hits, he deserves attention of so many people including scholars such as Frye and writer such as Jona Lindering who commented pro or against him. Well-known in Iran and in Iranian media  —Preceding Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned comment added by
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: basically per nom as failing  and . For  there is no evidence of high citability of his work by other academics, very few academic reviews of his work, no academic awards or honors and his two books are not widely held by academic libraries. He is quoted a few times by newsmedia as a historian but certainly not enough to pass criterion 7 of ; as item no 14 in the "Notes and Examples" section of  says, "Criterion 7 may be satisfied, for example, if the person is frequently quoted in conventional media as an academic expert in a particular area. A small number of quotations, especially in local news media, is not unexpected for academics and so falls short of this mark." GoogleNews gives a total of 6 hitshttp://news.google.com/archivesearch?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tab=wn&q=%22Kaveh+Farrokh%22, certainly not enough. With , I do not see any examples of in-depth biographical coverage of him by independent reliable sources. All in all, delete
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO||WP:PROF||WP:PROF||WP:PROF||WP:PROF||WP:BIO)

Comment: I think the criteria of |General notability guideline have to be considered here .The supporters of deleting , '''swing''' between two groups of criteria : when they want to devalue the person's publication , they refer to Wikipedia:Notability (academics)#Criteria, and say "he is a popular historian and not academic" : if he is ''popular'' that means he is notable !  says :''If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be a suitable article topic'' I think all the proofs  that has presented by deletion supporters in devaluation of Farrokh as a scientific historian  or a ''representative of Iranian nationalist interpretations of Near Eastern history,'' shows the fact that he is |notable or to be more percise by |Wikipedia:Notability (people) Basic criteria:A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of published secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent,and independent of the subject.I think if the deletion supporters are skeptical of his scientific value , they can argue on tagging him as "academic" or "Iranologists" ; but not to delete the whole entry
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:GNG||WP:GNG||WP:PEOPLE)

Comment: Clearly fails , but the question of whether he is a notable author (with ''one'' notable publication, not the four claimed) may qualify him.  I suppose being a pseudoIranologist suppurted by the ''present'' Iranian government may be adequate notability, as per Trofim Lysenko; not as a scientist or author, but as an example of state pseudoscience.  Alternatively, move to his book title, per 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF||WP:BLP1E)