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Africa

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Nathalie Beasnael

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Nathalie Beasnael (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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While it has been improved from its poor state after creation by a subsequently blocked sock, this is still a WP:PROMO biography for a non-notable individual. Sources are limited to:

Meanwhile, the awards she has received are not of the kind to qualify her as notable under WP:ANYBIO. Nothing qualifying came up in a WP:BEFORE search. Bottom line: fails WP:NBIO, WP:GNG. Dclemens1971 (talk) 03:57, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jason Zandamela

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Jason Zandamela (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Draftify as I am struggling to find sufficient in-depth coverage of the subject to meet WP:GNG. Everything that comes up is basic coverage of either his college commitment or his transfer to another school, which is what we call "routine transactional announcements" in other sports. The pieces that seem to be more "in-depth" contain most of the same re-hashed information taken from his college bio, etc., in lieu of any new reporting. JTtheOG (talk) 04:33, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed (and I also don't recall any Mozambicans in big-time football). Since the hype doesn't always turn out to be justified, and given his appearent lack of game action, "draftify" probably makes the most sense. Cbl62 (talk) 18:26, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, “Mozambican players of American football” was not a category I envisioned creating. And to think the original version of the article didn’t even mention it in the lead! JTtheOG (talk) 18:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: No WP:SIGCOV is apparent in the article, with only routine coverage of his commitment to USC and Florida found in the sources here stating that he was joining the team. Don't see this subject receiving immediate coverage to warrant draftifying this either. Let'srun (talk) 22:57, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
First, the author of the piece is not some local freelance Florida blogger. The piece was written by a senior editor, Terrance Biggs, who is an established journalist and a member of the Football Writers Association of America and a National Football Foundation voter who is among the journalists who votes for the FWAA All-Americans, Jim Thorpe, Davey O'Brien, Outland, and Biletnikoff Awards. See Biggs bio. So dismissing the piece as the work of a blogger rather than a journalist is simply wrong.
Second, your broader attack on the credibility of SI.com is exaggerated. While SI is not what it used to be (most media outlets aren't), it remains a reliable source of sports journalism. There was much worry amid the Maven takeover in 2019 and its mass layoffs and conversion of the enterprise from primarily print-based to primarily web-based. You claim that it is now a "blog", that all the writers are "bloggers", and that there is no editorial oversight. I don't see that assertion being backed up in the sources you linked. Moreover, your sources are dated, being published in 2019/2020, well prior to Minute Media's takeover of editorial operations, including digital operations. See here. Biggs' feature story on Zandemala post-dates the Minute Media assumption of editorial oversight. Cbl62 (talk) 09:01, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is not a Sports Illustrated article. This is a Florida Gators on SI article, and equating them (or their reliability) would be inaccurate. I never said this author was a local freelance Florida blogger, nor did I attack the credibility of Sports Illustrated itself, which I agree remains a reliable source. JTtheOG (talk) 10:07, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I read the piece I linked to say that Minute Media is now doing editorial oversight for the entire SI.com digital presence. It was after Minute Media took over that they started hiring more respected journalists like Terrance Biggs. I don't buy the argument you're making that a feature story by an established journalist like Biggs on the SI.com site can or should be treated as an unreliable source. Cbl62 (talk) 01:41, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Phiwa Nkambule

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So this article was created by Phwaice who seems to be a WP:COI user judging by username and behavior. The article was previously nominated for deletion and the consensus was to redirect to a company article that is now deleted due to lack of notability. The article was then reverted by Carloschilo who also seems to have COI behavior.

The issue is this article from a quick glance seem to be nothing more than a PR puff piece for the subject which is basically WP:PROMO. There’s also issue of notability. The vast majority of sources are basically brief mentions of the subject. You have some which are interviews, so they are not independent. The subject is mentioned in a few lists, but these again seem more like mentions and not really in-depth.

This article probably needs to be rewritten from scratch to comply with Wikipedia standards. That’s assuming we get enough independent in-depth sources of notability.

Edit: There seems to be a lot of WP:SPA users on this article. Lenoviah, Iceemagic,SimonSemenya and NganonoMrico. Not sure if these are all WP:SOCK accounts by one person or if its basically a PR agency being paid to fluff this article.

Imcdc Contact 03:41, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As previously stated my focus is primarily on articles of subjects linked to Eswatini, which are not many unfortunately as the country on has a 1 million population. This country is extremely under-covered. Here are a few examples that show notability of the subject:
1. https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/Entrepreneurs_Who_Changed_History/vAbnDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=phiwa%20nkambule%20entrepreneurs%20who%20changed%20history&pg=PT958&printsec=frontcover
2. https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/Simple_Algorithms/-IdeEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=phiwa%20nkambule%20simple%20coding&pg=PT23&printsec=frontcover
3. https://www.forbesafrica.com/cover-story/2019/10/14/forbes-africa-8-years-and-growing/
4. https://www.forbesafrica.com/under-30/2018/06/04/under-30-technology/
5. https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/Autonomic_Computing/nozJEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=phiwa%20nkambule&pg=PA1946&printsec=frontcover Carloschilo (talk) 09:42, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
All the sources above so far seem to be mainly about another subject but has a brief mention on the current nominated subject with most of them just stating his role founding non-notable companies. Also AFD consensus shows lists like Forbes 30 Under 30 is not considered a reliable source in establishing notability since every year there are 1,230 people under 30 years old placed on the list so it gives the impression it is more of a promotional tool. Notability should not be driven by being on the list although some of the objective information may be used to provide further context on the subject. Imcdc Contact 02:02, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting, not eligible for a Soft Deletion.
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  • Comment Liz it appears a number of referenced online articles have been rot considering they are pre-2020 articles but there are references to physical newspapers like this one [17] and books which cover the subject. There are also video interviews done by CNBC on the subject. Maybe converting it to a stub may be a more reasonable because the subject is notable.
Carloschilo (talk) 12:08, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Libyan–Syrian Union

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Libyan–Syrian Union (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This article is at least two-thirds fluff. In its entirety, it is background, direct excerpts from a book, an uninformative scheduling timeline, and the personal puffery and conjecture of the respective heads of state. Given it is about a polity that never existed or even got at all close to existing, coverage of it should likely be limited to a blurb between a sentence and a paragraph in length on a handful of related articles. Remsense ‥ 论 01:52, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History, Politics, Africa, and Middle East. Remsense ‥ 论 01:52, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draftify or Merge into Federation of Arab Republics#Other Federations of Arab Republics. The topic appears to be notable, e.g. The Washington Post, but probably not as an individual article, and the current set of sources are mostly offline and/or non-English, and the current editors have left in place in the current version what is very likely a WP:COPYVIO, which even has numerical references apparently from the original source retained: which provided for an "organic union" [7] or a complete merger of the two states. [5] [2] ... and thus become the core of a pan-Arab union . [9] ... effectively meant that the project failed. [10] [11], implying that no serious copyediting of the article has been done yet. The merge would best need someone in addition to EpicAdventurer to also have access to the existing sources, which appear to be mostly offline and/or non-English, or else to online English WP:RS such as The Washington Post (reliable in this context for factual type statements). Boud (talk) 02:51, 6 December 2024 (UTC) (clarify Boud (talk) 22:41, 6 December 2024 (UTC))[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Libya and Syria. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 08:07, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Pump Aid

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Pump Aid (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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An article based on 2 sources. There's 9 google news hits but on closer inspection most of these are not WP:SIGCOV that would meet WP:ORG. LibStar (talk) 05:50, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep I agree with ResonantDistortion's logic Czarking0 (talk) 15:45, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Some of the sources are marginal/local (e.g., Wigan Today, BBC Radio 4 appeal) but the Guardian, New Scientist, and Daily Telegraph articles seem sufficient to establish GNG. Oblivy (talk) 06:04, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Africa Proposed deletions

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Algeria

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Angola

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Cameroon

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National Library of Cameroon

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There is no "National Library of Cameroon". The current coordinates given are to the national museum. The national archives, which are the largest museum in the country, have their own seperate entry.-- NotCharizard 🗨 15:11, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: What do you make of the first reference? The deletion discussion says there is no "National Library of Cameroon" but the source suggests there is.
On another note, the coordinates given (3.8611940644516403°N 11.516500695387736°E) are highly suspect. I'm not sure where those came from, but they have an astonishing 16 decimal digits of precision, which is sub-nanometer precision and nonsensical for a building. Crystalholm (talk) 16:26, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Democratic Republic of the Congo

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2009 Aéro-Frêt An-12 crash

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2009 Aéro-Frêt An-12 crash (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Per WP:NOTNEWS and WP:EVENTCRIT. Per WP:GNG, "sources should be secondary sources, as those provide the most objective evidence of notability". From what I've been able to find, none of the sources were secondary in nature since none of them contained analysis, evaluation, interpretation, or synthesis of the event itself. The event does not have significant, in-depth, nor sustained continued coverage with coverage only briefly occurring in the aftermath of the accident. No lasting effects or long-term impacts on a significant region have been demonstrated. WP:EVENTCRIT#4 states that routine kinds of news events including most accidents – whether or not tragic or widely reported at the time – are usually not notable unless something further gives them additional enduring significance, which this event lacks. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 08:11, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Egypt

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Ethiopia

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Samson Arega Bekele

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Samson Arega Bekele (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Non-notable businessman. All sources are PR, and I found no reliable sources online. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:06, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did my research and read the previous AfD as well. The issues raised in the previous AfD were addressed. I do not think it is right to say sources are PR. For instance, the source with https://aec.afdb.org/ is from African Economic Conference (the equivalent of World Economic Conference in Africa) of African Development Bank (the equivalent of World Bank in Africa). My judgement is that an institution of this nature cannot be regarded as PR Source. Again, from my research, one of the sources TimesKuwait has been in the media space since 1996 and another The African Times have been around since 1989. These are independent sources in their own right. Another source - https://aviationbusinessjournal.aero/ is an influential aviation magazine. Since the subject is a top airline business executive, the rest sources are travel and aviation magazines including one that is associated with Havard. So I think the claim questioning the reliability of the sources is wrong. Again, compare the first article and this article and you will see that all issues violated by the first editor were fixed in this new article. The subject is a notable african airline executive in Africa and North America and I think it should stay with subsequent improvements as with all wikipedia articles. Cheers ! Astra Los Angeles (talk) 08:50, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Well, it's not a puffy as last time, but the "group vice president for customer experience" is very much a mid-level business executive, just above the rank and file. Sourcing now is largely from trade magazines, so nothing has changed since last time. Still a !delete. Oaktree b (talk) 15:20, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment: The VP is not a mid-level executive. See this [20] Further research here [21] also shows that there are C, V, D and B level executives and the only category rated as mid level executives here are the B level [22]. VPs fall under the V-suite that are rated senior executives and their roles or level of power depends on the organization and the country. Let's refer to the company itself. The GVP is included in Ethiopian Airlines senior level leadership team as captured here [23] but debating whether VP is a notable position or not is not the main crux and we have to refer to the Wikipedia guidelines on notability here Wikipedia:Notability (people) to consider whether the subject meets the notability criteria. First, the sources are independent and sources like the African Development Bank and the African Business Club of Harvard Business School [24] both mentioned the subject's receipt of US Presidential Lifetime Award which recognizes his contributions. Ethiopian Airline is Africa's largest airline and the subject was its face in North America for two years. Even though the VP is a notable position, the subject is not listed here because he is a VP. He is listed here because he is covered by several independent sources (especially in the african aviation industry where he belongs), the role he played in the airline industry during the COVID pandemic as MD in Canada (that earned him the NCBN Business person of the year award in 2021) and the significant award he bagged in the U.S IN 2023 as contained in the sources. When you look at the profiles of many CEOs on wikipedia including the current CEO of ethiopian airlines, that of this subject has more weight. You can be an ordinary classroom teacher and do big things. In the african aviation industry, the subject has earned it. Astra Los Angeles (talk) 09:05, 6 December 2024 (UTC) — Note to closing admin: Astra Los Angeles (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this XfD. [reply]
  • Comment: For perspective, he is (or was) one in a list of 179 similar people [25], so this is very much not a notable position. Oaktree b (talk) 15:22, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment: That is a yet to be updated website page. This is the current page for Ethiopian Airline corporate executive Team [26] - the apex leadership and management team of the company. The subject is listed there. Astra Los Angeles (talk) 09:12, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    One from a group of 16 isn't really helping your argument; we aren't LinkedIn, where every person gets an article. Being listed on a corporate website does not in any way show notability. Oaktree b (talk) 05:27, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment: Your first argument was that "it was one out of 179" and the comment provided in response was only to provide evidence/source to show that the claim was no longer true. Glad you have seen that it is no longer 1 out of 179 but 1 out of 16. Now you talk about being listed on a corporate website. If you read the article, there was no where that the link to the corporate website of the organization was used as reference to validate the subject's position. The subject notability is not hinged on whether he is/was 1 out of 179 or 10 out 10 or whatever number. The corporate website I pointed you was just for the purposes of this discussion/to make clarifications that you needed. I agree with you that we aren't LinkedIn where every person gets an article but you should agree with me that a foreign business executive who receives a US Presidential Lifetime award while serving in the US should get an article among other things listed in the article. You should also note that such recognition was recognized by sources like the continent's development bank, a Harvard affiliated group and other industry sources(which were added to the article). It was never about the position being top, mid or bottom as you want it to be narrowed. Remember to assume good faith Astra Los Angeles (talk) 08:44, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom and others. Non-notable businessperson, with shallow, limited coverage. Archimedes157 (talk) 20:47, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting as there is an unbolded Keep argument. A source assessment would be helpful here.
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Keep: The subject's notability stems not just from holding a VP position but from significant, independently verifiable achievements in the African aviation industry. Credible sources, such as the African Development Bank and the African Business Club of Harvard, highlight his receipt of the U.S. Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award and his recognised contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic. These accomplishments go beyond routine duties, making him a notable figure in his field. The sources cited meet Wikipedia's reliability standards, and the article addresses prior issues raised in earlier AfDs. This case satisfies WP:NBIO through significant independent coverage and impact. <span data-dtsignatureforswitching="1"></span> — AONDOH (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. AONDOH (talk) 12:14, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: Relisting. A source analysis would be helpful. I was curious about the "Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award" which is apparently given to community volunteers which is odd because I don't believe this subject lives in the U.S. It is also sourced to a bio on a speaker's bureau so very likely written by the subject or their representatives.
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Comment: On the question of whether he lived in the US, the article says he served as Regional Director in the USA from 2022 - 2024. I doubt if he still lives in the U.S till this day but he obviously LIVED and WORKED in the U.S at some point as captured in the article. Astra Los Angeles (talk) 07:23, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Ghana

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Kenteman

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Kenteman (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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WP:BLP of a musician, not properly referenced as passing WP:NMUSIC.
As always, musicians are not automatically entitled to have Wikipedia articles just because they exist, and have to pass certain specific inclusion criteria referenced to reliable sources -- but the only attempt at a notability claim here, the confusingly-worded "His Royal Majesty Nene Sakite II, Konor of Manya Krobo - Ghana honours Kenteman and Queen Asabia Cropper" under an honours and awards header, is supported only by a reference that just says he was "acknowledged" alongside his sister for an award presented to her, at a festival that isn't prominent (or music-oriented) enough to pass WP:NMUSIC #8 in and of itself.
And the article is referenced entirely to sources in which he's a secondary tag-along in coverage about the sister, with absolutely no sources that are about Kenteman in his own right shown at all.
Further, this has already been sandboxed in draftspace, before being moved right back into mainspace by its creator with only minimal attempt at improvement, so just resandboxing it again would have to be discussed and would probably require move protection.
Nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to have a stronger notability claim than just existing, and better referencing for it than this. Bearcat (talk) 16:28, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Kenya

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Sahara Elite League

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Sahara Elite League (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Not enough coverage on independent reliable sources; Fails WP:GNG. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 10:46, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

East African Premier League

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East African Premier League (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Not enough coverage on independent reliable sources; Fails WP:GNG. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 10:44, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Libya

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Libyan–Syrian Union

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Libyan–Syrian Union (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This article is at least two-thirds fluff. In its entirety, it is background, direct excerpts from a book, an uninformative scheduling timeline, and the personal puffery and conjecture of the respective heads of state. Given it is about a polity that never existed or even got at all close to existing, coverage of it should likely be limited to a blurb between a sentence and a paragraph in length on a handful of related articles. Remsense ‥ 论 01:52, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Emirate of Banu Talis

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Emirate of Banu Talis (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Appears to fail WP:GNG: no English-language sources seem to mention this tribe or emirate at all, much less any indication of significance. At least some of the cited sources do not appear reliable, such as this webpage with no clear scholarly credentials, or the vague citations to an online transcription of Ibn Khaldun ([27]), a primary source. Much of the article is also poorly cited and may include WP:OR. If there's some alternate spelling of the name that yields accessible and reliable sources, you can mention it here; I've tried to search for a few other alternatives and still found nothing. R Prazeres (talk) 07:33, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Mauritius

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Morocco

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Nigeria

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Martina Ononiwu

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Martina Ononiwu (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This article is largely based on 4 sources about her being "awarded the US Presidential Lifetime Achievers Award (Presidential Volunteer Service Award) (PVSA) by American President Joe Biden." This is apparently only reported in Nigerian sources, not in any official source, and she isn't listed on the official list[28]. The award is apparently only intended for "U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents", so not for a Nigerian in France. If the sources have this basic fact, the premisse for the articles, wrong, then they aren't reliable sources to start with but just repeating something spoonfed by the subject or someone trying to promote them. Fram (talk) 09:33, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]


  • Delete I've just done a deep dive into this. The President's Volunteer Service Award has various grades, and is given to numerous people every year, and is not generally notable. Only at the highest level, people receiving the the President's Call to Service Award (also called the "President's Lifetime Achievement Award"), may be notable for receiving the award. But even that is doubtful, as recipients are usually notable already in their own right. In any case, it's pretty clear that Martina Ononiwu did not receive the President's Call to Service Award, as there are no US-based notable sources testifying to this. A search for the name "Martina Ononiwu" is the news sources yields nothing except Nigerian news sources stating that she was given the President's Lifetime Achievement Award. It is highly unlikely that a person would be honored with the President's Lifetime Achievement Award, without leaving any sort of trace in the news sources. --LK (talk) 11:08, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: Appears to be a HOAX based on the fact that USA sources mention nothing about the awards. I don't see notability otherwise. Oaktree b (talk) 16:43, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The President's Volunteer Service Award is notable. If it is not, it won't have a page in Wikipedia. Very clear. Royalrumblebee (talk) 19:41, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, but the pages listing the winners of the award don't list Ononiwu, and she wouldn't be eligible in the first place. The notability that is disputed is not that of the award, but of Õnoniwu. Fram (talk) 08:18, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete : The article fails to meet Wikipedia's General Notability Guideline WP:GNG as it solely focuses on a single event without providing significant coverage of the topic. The subject's notability is questionable, given the award by the United States, despite being based in France with Nigerian origins. There is no international media coverage, with most coverage coming from Nigerian local and national dailies. This lack of international coverage and reliance on local publications gives the impression that the article may be sponsored or promotional in nature, further undermining its notability.Royalesignature (talk). 17:04, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There are many notable people already in Wikipedia who have little or no foreign press mentioning them, but are very well covered in reliable sources in their home countries, especially movie actors and actresses. See Indian actors etc. So this argument is not very strong. GNG mentions national publications as notable, especially if these sources have pages themselves in Wikipedia, such as Vanguard (Nigeria),The Nation (Nigeria), and The Guardian (Nigeria), all in which Martina Ononiwu was significantly covered. I rather think the nomination for deletion is too hasty and I think it should have been an article placed for redrafting as I am already seeing more sources that are reliable. Royalrumblebee (talk) 19:39, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete as this [[29]] does not list her, nor this [[30]], so this at least appears to be false. Slatersteven (talk) 17:37, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep : The article meets Wikipedia's General Notability Guideline WP:GNG as it provides significant coverage of the topic in four reliable sources, Vanguard (Nigeria),The Nation (Nigeria), and The Guardian (Nigeria). I just added a fourth Independent Nigeria. According to Wikipedia's policy and I quote, :"Significant coverage" addresses the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention, but it does not need to be the main topic of the source material." See WP:SIGCOV. Secondly, the subject of the article was given a notable award in the United States, the President's Volunteer Service Award, which has its page here. If it is not notable, it won't pass notability to be included as a page in Wikipedia. There are many profiles in Wikipedia that are more notable in their home countries than elsewhere. The guide is to appear in notable sources. I humbly request that this nomination for deletion is too hasty as the article was published within four hours of its nomination and at best it could have been returned for redrafting, rather than deletion. This gives the impression that Nigerian sources are being seen as not notable. I saw the subject in a newspaper, made the research and decided to create without any solicitation whatsoever. Best.Royalrumblebee (talk) 20:05, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • But she hasn't received that award, she isn't even eligible for it (she isn't an American and doesn't live in the USA). So she isn't notable for the award, and the sources which uncritically report on it aren't reliable sources. Fram (talk) 08:18, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Favour Agam

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Not yet notable by WP:NMODEL, WP:BIO or WP:GNG. The only coverage I can find of him online is tame interviews like the sources currently cited, with no significant secondary coverage in reliable sources. Wikishovel (talk) 12:01, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Draftify The article should be sent back to draftspace for incubation, the sources used are not reliable enough to meet the notability guidelines.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Abike25 (talk • contribs)
Abike25, deletion does not hinder recreation. Best, Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 04:26, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Shugavybz

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Yet another article on a musician who has done literally nothing notable to pass WP:NMUSICIAN. Sources from here and a cursory search suggests nothing useful. They're either interviews with the subject, or routine coverages that are entirely dependent on the subject. This is, as usual, a properly written article from the author on a non-notable musician to pretend notability. Also, the TurnTable Certification System of Nigeria is dubious in its entirety. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 12:42, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: Most of the sources are either puff pieces that are meant to confer notability on him or interviews. Ibjaja055 (talk) 21:17, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Rwanda

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Kevin Kade

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non-notable musician, sourced entirely to blackhat SEO and the same "source". GRINCHIDICAE🎄 16:55, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete: The New Times is giving me pause; it feels like the coverage in Indian or Nigerian media, where it seems everyone is a superstar, but no one else bothers to report on their accomplishments. Way too many hits in the one newspaper for this to be a coincidence... Feels like a PROMO. I'm happy to be proven incorrect, but that's the impression I'm getting. Oaktree b (talk) 21:35, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Comment (I already !voted keep above) I think this hinges on if The New Times is a reliable source. I honestly don't know. Here's what I can ascertain:
  1. It's the first listed newspapers on BBC for Rwanda newspapers https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14093244
  2. The Wikipedia article and the BBC note it's proximity to government
  3. Of course, plenty reliable sources are proximate to government, BBC, CBC, Al Jazeera, although I would suggest The New Times is not a reliable source for Rwandan politics.
  4. The Wikipedia WP:RSPSS noticeboard is silent on The New Times. A search of the archive reveals nothing.
So my question is: does anyone have any evidence, any reason to assume it's a bad source? Vikingsam (talk) 11:05, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Senegal

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Somalia

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Majeerteen-Hobyo Wars

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I could not find any sources that talk about the war between the Majerteen Sultanate and the Hobyo Sultanate. This article also has not cited any sources. It seems to be a hoax. SolxrgashiUnited (talk) 16:38, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This war is real and it isn’t a hoax. In the majeerteen sultanates wiki page it talks about this war in the hobyo section. Jahahaiaia (talk) 17:01, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ONotAQAAIAAJ&q=hobyo+sultanate&dq=hobyo+sultanate&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfw9eRnaWKAxUzWkEAHdH0FJwQ6AF6BAgEEAM#hobyo%20sultanate Jahahaiaia (talk) 17:06, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Look at Page 17. Jahahaiaia (talk) 17:07, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dude i got it wrong by autocorrect and now it’s not letting me delete the comment.. Jahahaiaia (talk) 17:13, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Haroun (Fadhiweyn)

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Article about an unnotable headquarters of a Somali rebel group. I couldn't find any significant sources on the subject other than this article. Most sources in this article are either broken or not related to it at all. SolxrgashiUnited (talk) 13:23, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sudan

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Tanzania

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Mwijaku

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After observing the article being too promotional (still is), I moved the it back to draft space hoping for improvement that would follow a regular review at AFC but the original editor moved it back direct to the mainspace also nowhere in the references show subject's (important claims) like date of birth or number of children they have, where did the editor get them? That's WP: PROMOTIONAL, WP:COIEDIT and tries to use wikipedia as WP:SOAPBOX.

No any notable work listed show subject's importance, just a bunch of gossip blogs. Just a reminder, Wikipedia isn't a gossip blog/newspaper WP:NOTGOSSIP.

Refs: Only The Citizen is a reliable source, the rest are blogs that cannot be trusted on WP:BLP. ANUwrites 01:26, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Abu Sayyaf (Islamic State leader)

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I'm not seeing any indication that this meets WP:LASTING here. Routine death in long civil war. CutlassCiera 22:42, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep. Not a routine death in a long civil war. Was a key senior figure how "ISIS became the world's wealthiest terror group." Subject to a number of WP:SIGCOV in the form of multiple in-depth researched profiles testifying to his importance after his death, including in NBC, WSJ, meeting WP:GNG.
Longhornsg (talk) 01:05, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Was a key senior figure" is not going to cut it in terms of notability. The main concern of no lasting effect is in that coverage cuts off. CutlassCiera 03:01, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Was" because he's dead. The relevant policy here is WP:NBASIC, which the coverage suffices. WP:LASTING applies to events, not people, anyway. Longhornsg (talk) 04:33, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
WP:Lasting does not apply to people. It is part of the event SNG, and as such does not apply to anything that is not an event. The only people-related guideline would be BIO1E, which does not apply here (many events). PARAKANYAA (talk) 07:29, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Regardless, the article and the coverage, as stated by Oaktree b, is strictly about his death. There isn't any other evidence that he is notable besides his way of death. CutlassCiera 14:57, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That is very clearly not true. The WSJ piece is about his entire life. PARAKANYAA (talk) 10:11, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Longhornsg. There does seem to be sourcing attesting to his importance. PARAKANYAA (talk) 01:53, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Uganda

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East African Premier League

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Not enough coverage on independent reliable sources; Fails WP:GNG. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 10:44, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Achwa 3 Hydroelectric Power Station

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This is not a real thing. At best this is WP:TOOSOON it was planned to open in 2022 and construction has not even started. Google search results do not establish notability. It cannot be considered a place since there is nothing there, verified with google maps. Czarking0 (talk) 06:19, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nicholas Omonuk

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Fails WP:BIO. In full disclosure I have removed WP:CITEKILL/WP:BOMBARD prior to nominating it here. The items removed added no value. There seems to be a campaign to get this perosn an article. See also Draft:N-O. I have also filed an SPI on the various parties involved, at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Clare Nassanga. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 14:21, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Zimbabwe

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2021–22 Women's T20 Cup

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Not enough coverage for a separate season article; should be merged back to the parent article. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 11:40, 18 December 2024 (UTC) — Not enough coverage on independent reliable sources for both articles; both fail WP:GNG. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 11:52, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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