Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mehran Tirdad

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The result was speedy delete G5. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:44, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Contested PROD. Likely a case of WP:NOTMEMORIAL. All references are copies of the same press release in different unreliable sources. GPL93 (talk) 00:55, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. GPL93 (talk) 00:55, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. GPL93 (talk) 00:55, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - He appears to still be alive so WP:NOTMEMORIAL doesn't count. Regardless, all I can find are some basic promotional announcements of his existence in a few online magazines, and that includes sources in his home country. The true issue here is WP:PROMOTION because this article accomplishes nothing beyond those basic music biz introductions. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 01:53, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The NOTMEMORIAL was based off the earlier versions of the article, but it could just be the article was initially formatted off someone who passed. Best, GPL93 (talk) 02:22, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting... I wonder if a false death announcement was from someone who wanted to hurt his career, or someone who wanted to drum up publicity. Or maybe it was all a bizarre mistake. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 14:50, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

doomsdayer520 I think it's a script as the article's creator also accidentally offed the subject in another article of a completely NN person, Sepehr Salehi, although there is a different date of death for both. What's interesting is that both feature different press releases with the same contact person at the bottom so this is likely the work of a UPE. Best, GPL93 (talk) 18:14, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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