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The result was no consensus. Spartaz ^Humbug! 07:02, 17 April 2015 (UTC) reply

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Appears that prod was contested. This reads like election campaign material for a school board election coming up in about six weeks. Nn politician with nothing evidently notable about him other than he went to an excellent college and he is running for the Board of Education. Postcard Cathy ( talk) 16:14, 31 March 2015 (UTC) reply

• Comment - I found this link which appears to be mainly about him. Narutolovehinata5 ^{t c csd new} 16:32, 31 March 2015 (UTC) reply
• Delete-non notable politician. Wgolf ( talk) 17:23, 31 March 2015 (UTC) reply

Narutolovehinata5 Can you incorporate that link into the article? It may influence people's opinion on the discussion. Postcard Cathy ( talk) 18:45, 31 March 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 00:34, 4 April 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 00:34, 4 April 2015 (UTC) reply

• Delete Not convinced that's an RS, don't see evidence of meeting WP:BASIC. -- j⚛e decker ^talk 16:20, 8 April 2015 (UTC) reply
• Don't Delete I added a controversy section about Basim's involvement with CAIR, and given that this is considered newsworthy on the CAIR page, it would seem to be newsworthy for his page. I'm working on finding other sources also. I tried to write the controversy section with a NPOV, but I should disclose that I have endorsed his opponent Sonja Cameron in the election, but on the flip side, my brother-in-law is a Muslim Arab-Israeli so I am suspicious of attacks on Islamic groups. So I would appreciate a neutral party to investigate the past with CAIR and Basim, and try to be able to have an appropriate NPOV. But, in either case, the controversy does seem to make his page news worthy. -- Jacob J. Walker ( talk) 17:38, 8 April 2015 (UTC) reply

I am concerned that the longer this article stays up as is, the longer it serves as campaign material for a board of Ed. candidate. Postcard Cathy ( talk) 07:50, 9 April 2015 (UTC) reply

• Comment - if the "controversy" section was found to be notable enough to be put on the CAIR page, it still does not mean this person has enough notability for a standalone page. For example, the British Indian diaspora is possibly not notable enough to have its own page, but it has a mention on the British Indian page.

No comment on notability. Tigraan ( talk) 11:24, 9 April 2015 (UTC) reply

• More Newsworthiness - Having done more Google searches looking for mainstream media articles about Mr. Elkarra (While there are tons from blogs, they clearly don't have a NPOV) I have found more controversy, which I have posted, and I also have found a fair number of references to him in Sacramento media, where he is often interviewed or quoted about human rights issues. I plan to post some of those soon. I would appreciate anyone to volunteer to get rid of weasel words in the article (in both the political "posturing", but also in the controversy section, as I'm not sure I'm writing enough NPOV), and to help with more research. -- Jacob J. Walker ( talk) 13:19, 10 April 2015 (UTC) reply

Question. This debate has been open for two weeks. Can someone finally close it? Postcard Cathy ( talk) 00:47, 14 April 2015 (UTC) reply

• Keep He seems to have gotten national and even international press for his connection with CAIR. After the election, if he does not win, the article should be refocused to be about CAIR and not his campaign. -- MelanieN ( talk) 17:46, 15 April 2015 (UTC) reply

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.