Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brahim Yadel
In my opinion, all of the Guantanamo Bay captives are notable because of the nature, scale and historical significance of the political event that they are embroiled in. The nomination referes to "trivial coverage". Little is known about them for the very obvious reason that information is actively witheld and suppressed by the detaining authority.  is only a guideline, not policy, for a very good reason: each case needs to judged on its merits. Nevertheless, contrary to the claim in the nomination, the subject meets the very first standard for determining notability of people: ''"The person has been the subject of published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject."'' The article may need work and expansion, but that is not a valid reason for deletion. The AfD template was placed a mere two hours after the article was first created for goodness sake. It may be a stub at present, but it is well sourced and fully compliant with our core policies of  and 
— User:Cactus, 09:01, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BIO||WP:NPOV||WP:NOR (Wikipedia:Notability)