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I tried prodding this twice, my bad. I believe he failsWP:SPORTCRIT, never having played in his country's highest league, andWP:GNG because all the coverage isWP:ROUTINE. This goes for[1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6]. Is there anything ofactual substance? The closest I get is an injury report[7][8]. Opinions need to explain where there is significant coverage, if any.Geschichte (talk)13:36, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
An autobiography for an academic who doesn't quite reachWP:NPROF. Quite a few articles, but for those that are more highly cited he is mid-author list. Poster prizes aren't sufficient to demonstrate notability; graduate supervision is routine for the post, as are other aspects of the rather CV-like article.Klbrain (talk)21:55, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete: per Stepwise Continuous Dysfunction. Among the awards listed: **2014**: NeoCortex "Hikmet" Award in Neuroscience looks almost certain to be an LLM hallucination.TheJoyfulTentmaker (talk)02:22, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Notability is questionable, writing books or papers is not enough, they need to be covered in independent reliable sources. But regardless of notability, we have aWP:G15 case here, there are hallucinated information in the article so speedy deletion is justified.TheJoyfulTentmaker (talk)17:25, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I found a source directly on point in a book on Central Asian music and added it to the article. Additionally, there is an academic article, which I haven't found a copy of yet:
Zerauska-Kominek, Slawomira. 1992a. "Mode: Process and/or Structure-Analytical Study of Turkmen Mukam Gökdepe." InStudi e testi. 1, Secondo Convegno Europeo di Analisi Musicale, ed. Rossana Dal-monte and Mario Baroni, 249 -259. Trent: Università degli Studi di Trento.
Comment: I found another article that appears to be directly about mukamlar (мукамов):
Жанровые и структурные особенности туркменских дутарных мукамов. (Genre and structural features of the Turkmen dutar’s mugams) //Музыка народов Центральной Азии. Алматы, 2009, 259-265 стр. (in Russian).
In 2024 only myself and the proposer took part in the deletion discussion and at that time I was not sure so I only commented rather than voting delete or keep. Nobody has cited the section which claims there were clashes with British or French military. In 2025 I visited the newish museum in Samsun and did not see any such claims. And I have been unable to find anything reliable claiming such clashes either in enwiki or trwiki or elsewhere online. I accept there might have been other clashes not involving British, French or ANZAC military, but if so and if there is anything worth keeping from this article it could easily be moved toSamsun deportations or a “background” section ofBombardment of Samsun. Therefore I now think this article should be deleted and hope more people will take part in the discussion.Chidgk1 (talk)09:01, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Before you propose an AfD you should check the references in the article and conduct a web search using English and at least Turkish in this case.8ZeitundZeit8 (talk)15:41, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@8ZeitundZeit8 I have no quarrel with the “aftermath” section, but I won’t be buying the Sarısakal or Nutku books. I would not be surprised if the numbers those books cite in the infobox are correct for occupying troops, but I haven’t been able to find reliable sources showing that those foreign troops were involved in significant clashesChidgk1 (talk)07:29, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I do not think this meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines. As an article, it doesn't have enough sources to establish notability. As a DAB page, it only has one list item, which is on a different wiki.Significa liberdade(she/her) (talk)00:46, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete not a valid index without multiple entries, improper to redirect because only link is an ill, name itself not notable so an independent stub on it cannot be retained either.~2026-39780-5 (talk)00:59, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delete nonWikipedia:General sanctions/Kurds and Kurdistan not a extended confirmed user.WP:GS/KURD: non-extended-confirmed editors may not create new articles, but administrators may exercise discretion when deciding how to enforce this remedy on article creations. Deletion of new articles created by non-extended-confirmed editors is permitted but not required.Kajmer05 (talk)14:40, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I have updated the page to a proper disambiguation format and created articles for the two notable subjects listed:Sevil Rojbin Çetin andRojbin Erden. The page is no longer a 'near-miss G14' or a single-item list. I suggest the result of this discussion be Keep as a disambiguation pageHuyrutan (talk)14:45, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
"Two or more" means we can't just make a redirect to single usage of tge name. Where two people with articles have the name, we make a name page.PamD23:29, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
As there has only been this valid reason to delete the name page since yesterday, please let the AfD run for another six days to see if any appropriate editor recreates the article onSevil Rojbin Çetin, which, as I understand it, has been deleted solely on the basis of the status of its creating editor. I see she has an article in tr.wiki, and googling finds several hits including BBC item. Thanks.PamD10:20, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Since I was the original creator of theSevil Rojbin Çetin page and my account status now permits it, would it be acceptable for me to recreate it? I want to make sure I’m following the proper policies and netiquette before proceeding. ThanksHuyrutan (talk)15:09, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Huyrutan Sorry, I just don't know - I have very little to do with any areas of "contentious topics". I hope someone else here can offer you guidance on that!PamD20:36, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Allowing response above discussion about recent procedural deletion Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —CactusWriter(talk)21:05, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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