Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Goojvin
From http://iranianamericanartexpo.com/ArtistsList.html this list of artists in the Iranian American Art Expo 2008, his name in Persian is '''دانيل گوجوين'''. I tried searching under that term, but couldn't find anything. It's complicated by the fact that his name is originally Russian, so there may be several transliterations (both into Persian and English). However, if you watch the Voice of America feature on him, he was clearly singing leading roles in Rudaki Hall, which  before the 1979 revolution was Iran's most important opera house. After the revolution, opera and western music were banned and Rudaki Hall was re-named "Centre for Revolutionary Songs and Hymns", which says it all. I suspect this is one of those frustrating cases where the subject ''is'' notable, but it's going to be impossible to find the sources normally required to prove it. Or at least impossible to find them without library research and a knowledge of Persian. If I were the Empress of Wikipedia, I'd |ignore all rules and vote keep on the basis of the VoA feature. So I'm going to sit on the fence with this one. However if it is deleted, I think it should be without prejudice to re-creation if sources can be found
— User:Voceditenore, 06:05, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:IAR (Wikipedia:Ignore all rules)