The result was delete. Cirt ( talk) 08:18, 6 June 2009 (UTC) reply
BLP lacking in the required multiple independent reliable sources giving nontrivial coverage indicating notability. Original prod was removed by the creator of this article an account that appears to be a SPA account here solely to write about this person. After the prod and tags asking for sources the only source that was added is to a site called "ArabAd" which suggests paid advertising/press releases a.k.a. something that would fail the requirement to be independent of the source. The site requires a subscription to even see it, so most people have no idea what it even says there. Even if this were to somehow turn out to be a source that meets our criteria, it's only one, and we need multiple ones to demonstrate notability. DreamGuy ( talk) 23:07, 30 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Regarding his notability, here are some results from Google News in English: [1]
Here are some results from Google France: "bashar+kiwan"&cf=all Retfoc ( talk) 08:23, 1 June 2009 (UTC) reply
It looks to me like it's a publication, and that Entrepeneur magazine picked up the article somehow. I agree it is strange, but after the preliminary research you have already done I'm fairly confident that you will agree that the individual is notable and worthy of mention in Wikipedia. The organization he leads employs over 6,000 individuals, and as you can see from this page they are rapidly expanding: [3]. Here are two existing wikipedia articles that mention the Waseet newspaper: [4] & [5].
Looking forward to your feedback.
Retfoc ( talk) 19:45, 2 June 2009 (UTC) reply
Does this help? From the bottom of the page:
COPYRIGHT 2007 Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd. Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission. Copyright 2007, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.
Basically it's been reproduced with permission.. Not sure who Gale Group/TCC are!
Also please see this article which mentions him receiving an award for excellence in advertising [6]
Bye for now Retfoc ( talk) 16:29, 3 June 2009 (UTC) reply
The result was delete. Cirt ( talk) 08:18, 6 June 2009 (UTC) reply
BLP lacking in the required multiple independent reliable sources giving nontrivial coverage indicating notability. Original prod was removed by the creator of this article an account that appears to be a SPA account here solely to write about this person. After the prod and tags asking for sources the only source that was added is to a site called "ArabAd" which suggests paid advertising/press releases a.k.a. something that would fail the requirement to be independent of the source. The site requires a subscription to even see it, so most people have no idea what it even says there. Even if this were to somehow turn out to be a source that meets our criteria, it's only one, and we need multiple ones to demonstrate notability. DreamGuy ( talk) 23:07, 30 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Regarding his notability, here are some results from Google News in English: [1]
Here are some results from Google France: "bashar+kiwan"&cf=all Retfoc ( talk) 08:23, 1 June 2009 (UTC) reply
It looks to me like it's a publication, and that Entrepeneur magazine picked up the article somehow. I agree it is strange, but after the preliminary research you have already done I'm fairly confident that you will agree that the individual is notable and worthy of mention in Wikipedia. The organization he leads employs over 6,000 individuals, and as you can see from this page they are rapidly expanding: [3]. Here are two existing wikipedia articles that mention the Waseet newspaper: [4] & [5].
Looking forward to your feedback.
Retfoc ( talk) 19:45, 2 June 2009 (UTC) reply
Does this help? From the bottom of the page:
COPYRIGHT 2007 Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd. Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission. Copyright 2007, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.
Basically it's been reproduced with permission.. Not sure who Gale Group/TCC are!
Also please see this article which mentions him receiving an award for excellence in advertising [6]
Bye for now Retfoc ( talk) 16:29, 3 June 2009 (UTC) reply