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Tompson Mensah (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Declined prod. The 2 sources added today are primary sources. 1 the Togo Olympic committee, the other Olympics.com Still fails WP:SPORTSCRIT. LibStar (talk) 12:10, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Ghirmay Abraham (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Fails WP:GNG; lacks significant, independent coverage, with sources focusing on Aptech Africa rather than establishing Abraham’s personal notability. Lulakayd (talk) 17:05, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete – it is purely promotional and a COI. Phrases like Ghirmay's entrepreneurial journey has earned him recognitions such as a Top 10 finalist in the 2021 Africa's Business Heroes (ABH) competition, an initiative by the Jack Ma Foundation speak for themselves. I took the courtesy of removing unsupported claims. All sources are either interviews, broad coverage of the company, or insignificant award mentions. --95.158.184.104 (talk) 09:15, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  @LibStar I noticed you are active on new pages; this page might be interesting to you 109.121.153.129 (talk) 09:17, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Hello, I noticed that your IP have not edited other pages, could you clarify if you have a registered account? Your editing pattern raises concerns about possible sockpuppetry. Also, note that this page was nominated by a user whose good faith is currently under discussion. 24eeWikiUser (talk) 09:53, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete' the article lacks significant coverage in independent, reliable sources or if it relies primarily on promotional content, self-published material, or local news outlets with limited impact --Loewstisch (talk) 14:20, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. As noted at AN/I, I would have supported a speedy keep given the transparently disruptive nomination, but now that Loewstisch has offered a good-faith delete !vote that option is off the table. Evaluating the sources, I see The BBC piece is a profile of the company, not the subject of the article. Other sources are Q&A interviews ([1], trivial mentions ([2], [3], [4]), and a press release ([5]). This Quartz piece (reposted here) is as close as we get to WP:GNG-qualifying WP:SIGCOV, but we'd need to see more. However, given the disruptive activities of the nominator, I would urge the closer to weigh the nomination and IP !votes lightly. Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:44, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Benin Golf Air (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Per WP:GNG and WP:NORG – From what I've been able to find, none of the sources passed WP:SIRS since none of them contained any significant coverage of the airline itself and only contained more or less passing/trivial mentions of the airline. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 14:30, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete I don’t see any notable coverage here. ScrabbleTiles (talk) 14:35, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to List of defunct airlines of Benin in the absense of sources to establish notability. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 05:37, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect is both efficient and reasonable. Bearian (talk) 20:14, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Harry Nkopeka (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Declined prod with reason "add context that athlete is known to have significantly improved the year following the Olympics". Still only based on databases, lacking SIGCOV to meet WP:SPORTSCRIT and WP:NOLY. LibStar (talk) 22:51, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Olympics, Sport of athletics, and Africa. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:25, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep based on WP:NEXIST, with a possibility for procedural keep. Context for procedural keep: Over 45 articles all in the same narrow topic (Olympic-level track and field competitors) have been brought to AfD or PRODed this month, as compared to a typical one or two per week otherwise. It takes significant effort to do a complete source search for each of these, most of which aren't in English and are from the pre-Internet era from countries that have not digitized their national archives yet. If a sweeping argument should be made, then make that as a mass nomination, but otherwise these need to be more spread out. Having this many individual AfDs open at once about these historical figures notoriously difficult to research sets up an insurmountable task.

NEXIST rationale: Malawian newspapers from the 1970s haven't been checked yet, we would expect coverage because Nkopeka was the first ever Olympic athletics competitor from Malawi alongside two others, and the only of those three to qualify in two events. Other avenue for sourcing: Per Bill Mallon's research, subject posted much better marks than his Olympic performance at some other athletics event in 1973. What was the name of that event, and is there additional coverage in connection with it? It's not listed by Tilastopaja, but online athletics databases have scarce coverage before the 1990s. --Habst (talk) 16:02, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Baba Sylla (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Can't find reliable sources to support WP:GNG. Player made 4 Ligue 2 appearances ten years ago. No sources indicate notability other than article creation when WP:NFOOTY existed. Paul Vaurie (talk) 00:24, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. GiantSnowman 21:45, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - these sources do not establish notability. C679 09:43, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mahfooz Aviation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NORG – From what I've been able to find, none of the sources contained any significant coverage + (WP:ORGDEPTH) of the airline itself and only contained passing/trivial mentions of the airline. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 11:45, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete I haven’t been able to find any coverage on this either. It is mentioned in places but it is not big enough to be notable. ScrabbleTiles (talk) 12:45, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Fails WP:GNG also didn't find any significant coverages. AgerJoy talk 13:31, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to List of defunct airlines of the Gambia in the absense of sources to establish notability. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 05:41, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

North-eastern black rhinoceros (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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The page is lacking a lot of information on the subspecies, such as taxonomy, behaviour, and reasons for extinction, and both sources are either low quality or lead to dead websites. The page for the nominate species already lists it under the list of subspecies section as well. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 02:11, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep. In general, articles about extinct species should be kept especially if the extinction was a result of human activity. However, the photo should be replaced to show white people hunting the animals. As far as sourcing, I think this could be improved. Coresly (talk) 03:33, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Not every single extinct species has a page. For example, the Chobe black rhinoceros (D. b chobiensis) and the Moroccan Arabian bustard (A. a. lynsei), In terms of sourcing, there is not much in terms of online sources besides that recently extinct animal database, which is also lacking. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 06:05, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete While we do tend to keep articles on extinct species in extant genera (see recent clarification at Wikiproject:Paleo, as I myself wasn't too clear on that), we rarely have articles for even living subspecies - they are generally treated at the species page. In this case, the listing at Black rhinoceros seems entirely sufficient. Maybe port over the image if that's desired. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:35, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Delete I agree with this. Plus, at least the subspecies and distinct population pages like Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker and South China tiger are decently written with more content than two sentences. The IUCN status on the north-eastern black rhinoceros page is not even sourced. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 21:54, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  you cannot vote twice FuzzyMagma (talk) 20:15, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Black Rhinoceros. While there are scientific papers mentioning the NE Black Rhino that should be referenced, I don't think anything is gained by having a separate article. [6] [7] --Spacepine (talk) 00:01, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per above, this information can be included in the species article. SilverTiger12 (talk) 00:55, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The north-eastern black rhinoceros is already listed on the black rhinoceros page with the same text as the current individual page. Can you link the scientific papers discussing the subspecies? Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 19:08, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Edelgardvonhresvelg: the links [8][9] were in my not vote. I think the maps in those papers of the extinct subspecies (not just NE) range are of interest, but you're right, the text is already covered. --Spacepine (talk) 03:06, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Black rhinoceros per above. --cyclopia^speak! 10:07, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Coresly

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So, what is the final consensus for this article? Two keeps, two deletes, and two merges. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 05:49, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the interest of getting something done, merging the additional cites to the listing in the species article would be uncontroversial IMO. We can use extra references but we can not use an extra article. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:22, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that the references on the NE black rhino page are poor quality or dead. However, the references provided here by @Spacepine can be applied to its listing in the subspecies section for the black rhinoceros. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 04:26, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to species. Subject may or may not be notable, but until this is more than a two sentence stub it is much better covered within the context of the broader species article. As far as I can tell, basically all the important information in the stub is already in the parent article. Rusalkii (talk) 22:02, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Israel–Seychelles relations (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Article primarily based on 3 primary sources from the Israeli government. 2 of these merely confirm no embassies, a third is a factoid that Seychelles allowed Israelis to visit during the pandemic. There appears to be no third party of these relations. Fails GNG. LibStar (talk) 04:35, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Comment. The intro focuses on REFERENCES, while calling these sources. References are in an article. For these one does not have to search. AfDs should be focused on SOURCES, which are out there, per the golden NEXIST rule. A quick scan of the internet proves that there are third party sources, for example in Walla and Mako and Channel 13 of Israel. gidonb (talk) 04:57, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  the Channel 13 source seems an advertorial for Air Seychelles. LibStar (talk) 02:12, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

By now you have reacted to everyone who disagreed with you yet never convinced why this article should be deleted. There should have been a strong case in the intro. We did not see that. Instead, you shopped in the references, now shop in the sources. The problem is that sufficient unchallenged sources remain. And the listed articles are just a small sample. Maariv regularly covers the subject. For example: Maariv1 Maariv2 Maariv3 Maariv4. gidonb (talk) 06:22, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep – Reliable coverage is easily discoverable from a cursory web search. This topic is significant enough on its own to warrant an article; it just hasn't been expanded beyond a stub yet. Yue💌 19:10, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Which sources did you find from your search? LibStar (talk) 22:08, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. No doubt the article is poorly written and the sourcing is lacking, but that can be resolved without deletion. The topic meets WP:N and WP:RSs do exist for this topic. Eelipe (talk) 04:04, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Which sources are you referring to? LibStar (talk) 04:31, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Article lacks citations to reliable, secondary sources, and I am not finding any either. Yilloslime (talk) 01:15, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep by the GNG. The article is supported by multiple sources, identified by me in in the comment above and within the article itself. More sources exist. No compelling case for deletion has been made. The deletion rationale mentions sources, yet only critiques references. It selectively focuses on three references that support the article's content, while ignoring the Israel Channel 12 news item that supports notability. On the downside: the article is rather short, yet meets the threshold for viability. gidonb (talk) 02:25, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Channel 12 or 13? LibStar (talk) 02:31, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Channel 12. gidonb (talk) 02:50, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: proper WP:BEFORE should have been done FuzzyMagma (talk) 22:34, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep has significant coverage such as here, here and here, so WP:GNG. 201.225.5.63 (talk) 03:17, 18 February 2025 (UTC)— 201.225.5.63 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

  • • LOL no... Yilloslime (talk) 06:41, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

      The IP is a suspected sockpuppet of Alon9393 Geschichte (talk) 15:19, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep: Being an Indo-Seychellois, I have made an effort to add a few citations to the page, including a JSTOR article accessed through the Wikipedia Library. I hope the page stays and continues to expand. Charlie (talk) 15:52, 25 February 2025 (UTC) [reply]

  Striking out my vote because there aren't enough good in-depth references. I did my best to search for and improve this page. Charlie (talk) 15:48, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Some historically interesting sources discussing Seychelles' connection to the politics of Mandate Palestine prior to the establishment of the state of Israel: Contesting colonial rule: Politics of exile in the Indian Ocean - see in particular p.702 that discusses the use of the Seychelles by the British to detain arrested members of the Arab Higher Committee. Also discussed in Out of Africa: letters of Jewish detainees in the British internment camps, 1944–1948 (p.447). Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 00:52, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep – The sources present in the article already satisfies WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 16:41, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Evans Brima Gbemeh (via WP:PROD on 11 September 2023)

Portuguese–Algerian War (1790–1813) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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This article doesn't provide evidence of a formal declaration of war between Portugal and Algiers, nor does the peace treaty describe an end to the supposed war. Instead, this article only describes a few skirmishes between the two. Additionally, user Saguescabe gives explicit reasons in the talk page that "coincidentally" no one answered or responded to since April 2024.

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• Keep the article is well sourced. The idea that wars need a "formal declaration of war" doesn't hold much water. M.Bitton (talk) 16:57, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Yes, a formal declaration of war is necessary to make it clear. But instead we are left with an arbitrary start and end date. There were already other skirmishes before 1790, and the result is misleadingly labeled as an "Algerian victory".

  If these skirmishes are to be mentioned, they should be placed in the article "Barbary–Portuguese conflicts". Kolno (talk) 17:11, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Undeclared war says otherwise. If you want to challenge the result, then you need to do it in the article's talk page. M.Bitton (talk) 17:17, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  What about the start and end dates being arbitrary? Without context there is no point for the article to stand on. Kolno (talk) 17:22, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Merge to Barbary–Portuguese conflicts. A quick look at the sources does not use "war" and certainly not "Portuguese–Algerian War", so this title is inappropriate original research deserving of a WP:TROUT. It's not clear to me that naval battles in 1796 should be tied to the capture of a trade ship in 1810 like this. The main source describes "Algerian-Portuguese relations during the Ottoman period", but not an ongoing or specific war between these dates, but rather a series of confrontations. I think Barbary–Portuguese conflicts would be the best place to include this information. Reywas92^Talk 19:00, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  This reliable source mentions the1790-1793 war between Portugal and the Regency of Algiers. M.Bitton (talk) 19:58, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  A single phrase without context doesn't prove anything. Kolno (talk) 20:17, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  It proves that the claim that the sources does not use "war" is not quite correct. M.Bitton (talk) 20:21, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  This is rather useless, as the source says the war was 1790-1793, yet this article has zero content about this time period except that a truce was reached in 1793, and the rest of the article was events following that. Comparing that one line to this article is a non sequitur. Reywas92^Talk 05:38, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• If Raïs Hamidou had been involved in this purported war, it would be in many history books, including xyr biographies. It is not. Rather, Hamidou's biographies (e.g. Cory 2012, p. 11 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFCory2012 (help)) generally portray xem as the last hurrah of the corsairs, a problem for European states that stretched over many centuries. Reading the Fkair source, that's what Fkair is actually saying too. Fkair starts the narrative way back in the 15th century, passing through the Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501) along the way (p.235), and the idea that there's some 1790–1813 "war" is being cherrypicked out of a source that talks about how "Ces affrontements avaient un peu diminué au cours des dix-septième siècle et les deux premiers tiers du XVIIIe siècle." (p.237) and doesn't even have the year 1790 mentioned. Far from being well-sourced, this is misrepresenting its major source to synthesize a primarily fictional view of history. This is original research. Delete. Uncle G (talk) 17:33, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Cory, Stephen (2012). "Hamidou". In Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates Jr, Henry Louis (eds.). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 11–13. ISBN 9780195382075.
• Delete appears to be WP:OR. Being immediately confronted by a 1685 picture to illustrate a supposed event beginning in 1790 should raise some concerns. The key text supporting the article, Adelkader Fkair's "Les Relations Algero-Portugaise Pendant La Periode Ottomane", makes no mention whatsover of a "war" beginning in 1790. There is discussion of contestation over Mediterranean hegemony and passage through the Gibraltar Strait. The is discussion over ongoing maritime skirmishes and acts of piracy, which diminish in the first two thirds of the 18th Century (as quoted above) but which then escalate (a "dangerous escalation", but no "war") in the last third of the 18th Century and first decade of the 19th following the peace treaty between Spain and Algers ("Elle devenait une escalade dangereuse dans le dernier tiers du XVIIIe siècle, et la première décennie du XIXe siècle, surtout après la conclusion du traité entre l'Algérie et l'Espagne en 1786" p.237). There is discussion of a series of truces and an ultimately British-mediated treaty of peace and friendship. But there is no mention whatsover of a "state of war" existing between the two, let alone an event in 1790 to characterise a specific outbreak of war. The history of the Portuguese Navy, VIAGENS E OPERAÇÕES NAVAIS (1668–1823), (2022, published by Academia de Marinha) makes no mention of a Portugese war beginning in 1790; it does however detail issues of piracy and discusses a Spanish declaration of war (but not Portuguese) and the Spanish treaty in the mid 1780s (see pp 203-212). Regards,--Goldsztajn (talk) 23:21, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment This reliable source mentions the 1790-1793 war between Portugal and the Regency of Algiers. The source doesn't refer to a "1790-1793 war", the source is indicating the period when US ships were also protected by the Portuguese, it is not making a statement about a start or finish of a war, just indicating war in existence. Nevertheless, this is the only source which mentions war and, FWIW, in the soruce there is no citation supporting this. Regards,--Goldsztajn (talk) 23:35, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Barbary–Portuguese conflicts, there's a lot of interesting information in the article that could be added to the former article. Since the former is a general page regarding Barbary-Portuguese conflict.

  عبدالرحمن4132 (talk) 19:18, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • The bits of this article that aren't synthesizing a fictional war are either already there or already in Action of 27 May 1802. Uncle G (talk) 01:07, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Masini Situ-Kumbanga (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Since the last AfD we do not grant inherent notability for simply competing in Olympics. Fails WP:SPORTSCRIT. LibStar (talk) 08:49, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep, subject didn't simply participate but was actually an international medal-winner in the steeplechase at the 1987 Central African Games. This fulfills WP:NATH, now we just need to do the notoriously difficult task of finding contemporary African media archives at the time of his medal or Olympic / World Championship performances. --Habst (talk) 17:03, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Note that at the time of nomination, the article was only one sentence and didn't mention the Central African Games medal. This is because he won it under a different name (Masini Situ Mbanza), but I was able to confirm that they're the same person via '83 WC newspaper coverage: [10]. --Habst (talk) 18:02, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I'm really getting sick of seeing star African athletes nomm'ed for deletion with no BEFORE in relevant places... BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:23, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mohammed Tayea (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Does not appear to meet WP:GNG requirements and Wikipedia:Notability (people). I searched online and could not find any verifiable references to demonstrate the notability of this person. A previous PROD had failed because it was said the individual was a member of the Egyptian parliament, however I could find no information to verify this. Coldupnorth (talk) 22:10, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: I have searched every possible repository for sources and I am unable to find anything about this person. Best, Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 20:03, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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North-eastern black rhinoceros (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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The page is lacking a lot of information on the subspecies, such as taxonomy, behaviour, and reasons for extinction, and both sources are either low quality or lead to dead websites. The page for the nominate species already lists it under the list of subspecies section as well. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 02:11, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep. In general, articles about extinct species should be kept especially if the extinction was a result of human activity. However, the photo should be replaced to show white people hunting the animals. As far as sourcing, I think this could be improved. Coresly (talk) 03:33, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Not every single extinct species has a page. For example, the Chobe black rhinoceros (D. b chobiensis) and the Moroccan Arabian bustard (A. a. lynsei), In terms of sourcing, there is not much in terms of online sources besides that recently extinct animal database, which is also lacking. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 06:05, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete While we do tend to keep articles on extinct species in extant genera (see recent clarification at Wikiproject:Paleo, as I myself wasn't too clear on that), we rarely have articles for even living subspecies - they are generally treated at the species page. In this case, the listing at Black rhinoceros seems entirely sufficient. Maybe port over the image if that's desired. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:35, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Delete I agree with this. Plus, at least the subspecies and distinct population pages like Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker and South China tiger are decently written with more content than two sentences. The IUCN status on the north-eastern black rhinoceros page is not even sourced. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 21:54, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  you cannot vote twice FuzzyMagma (talk) 20:15, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Black Rhinoceros. While there are scientific papers mentioning the NE Black Rhino that should be referenced, I don't think anything is gained by having a separate article. [11] [12] --Spacepine (talk) 00:01, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per above, this information can be included in the species article. SilverTiger12 (talk) 00:55, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The north-eastern black rhinoceros is already listed on the black rhinoceros page with the same text as the current individual page. Can you link the scientific papers discussing the subspecies? Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 19:08, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Edelgardvonhresvelg: the links [13][14] were in my not vote. I think the maps in those papers of the extinct subspecies (not just NE) range are of interest, but you're right, the text is already covered. --Spacepine (talk) 03:06, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Black rhinoceros per above. --cyclopia^speak! 10:07, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Coresly

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So, what is the final consensus for this article? Two keeps, two deletes, and two merges. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 05:49, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the interest of getting something done, merging the additional cites to the listing in the species article would be uncontroversial IMO. We can use extra references but we can not use an extra article. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:22, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that the references on the NE black rhino page are poor quality or dead. However, the references provided here by @Spacepine can be applied to its listing in the subspecies section for the black rhinoceros. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 04:26, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to species. Subject may or may not be notable, but until this is more than a two sentence stub it is much better covered within the context of the broader species article. As far as I can tell, basically all the important information in the stub is already in the parent article. Rusalkii (talk) 22:02, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rashid Alhassan (footballer, born 2000) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Non-notable footballer, basically without professional career. His U17 appearances are not enough to establish notability. At senior level, he played in only one match in a professional league, and then 28 matches in amateur tiers. He is 24 and has not played football since September 2021, so it can be assumed that his career ended before it actually began. FromCzech (talk) 12:08, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Redirect to 2017 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations squads#Ghana – As WP:ATD. Svartner (talk) 16:56, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In Search of a Blessed Life (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Article about a film, not properly sourced as passing WP:NFILM. As always, films are not all automatically entitled to have Wikipedia articles just for existing, and have to show evidence of passing WP:GNG on reliable source coverage and analysis about them in real media -- film reviews, production coverage, evidence of major film awards, etc. But this just states that the film exists, and "references" its existence entirely to unreliable sources, like IMDb and its own trailer on YouTube, with no evidence of GNG-building coverage shown at all, and even a Google News search isn't finding anything more reliable -- I'm only getting hits for a documentary about Stevie Wonder, not a drama film about families named Mensah and Johnson.
As there may be coverage in other languages that wouldn't turn up by searching for the English title, I'm willing to withdraw this if somebody can find more and better coverage than I've been able to, but IMDb and YouTube are not reliable or notability-building sources. Bearcat (talk) 23:37, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• I am also unable to locate signficant independent coverage. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 06:27, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Something that makes this a bit tricky is that it looks like the director made two films with a similar name - this drama, and a documentary entitled Stevie Wonder in Ghana: In Search of a Blessed Life. Offhand I have two thoughts about this. The first is that if all else fails, we could redirect this to the Busia's page. The other is that I think Ghana is one of those countries where Google doesn't really search the various news sources and whatnot properly - or at least they were. I'm going to ask at the Ghana WikiProject if they can do a search, just to be on the safe side with this. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 14:39, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  OK - found some info on this - looks like the Stevie Wonder documentary was inspired by the director's drama film. Offhand I'm not finding a lot, mostly mentions in passing - although more so for the Wonder documentary. My inclination is that there might be more out there, but otherwise we could add a couple of sentences to the director's article and redirect there. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 14:56, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Akosua Busia. If someone can find more coverage I'm totally open to being swayed. It's just that at this point in time I wasn't able to really find anything about this movie that would be a RS and was in-depth. I think we could cover this in a couple of lines in the director's page and if more sourcing becomes available after the AfD, it can always be restored from a redirect. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 15:06, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge or Redirect I appreciate the responses of ReaderofthePack, and think that merging or redirecting (depending on how much can be sourced) is a good idea. I also note that there is an article on Cinema of Ghana where this information might fit. I note that the creator of this article has also created a number of recent drafts on Ghanian cinema, and perhaps should begin by adding to that article before creating separate articles for each film. Lamona (talk) 21:59, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kesse (musician) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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I have Googled this artist thus confirming their existence. However, I couldn't find any reliable secondary sources that could be used to create a reasonably engaging encyclopaedia entry that doesn't contain hyperbolic language such as "he rose to fame"

The sources used in the page are all primary sources. Therefore, it would be impossible to cover this subject in an encyclopaedic tense without synthesis of the primary material.

Here's what I mean,

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20140903084109/http://omgghana.com/kesse-unleashes-the-ugly-truth-claiming-he-is-heading-to-the-bets-and-the-grammys/ - this is an interview and therefore primary. 2. https://www.modernghana.com/music/8861/3/.html - this is a report from a regional music competition and is therefore primary. 3. https://web.archive.org/web/20140823164509/http://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2014/June-4th/i-am-getting-ready-to-marry-kesse.php - this is a press release and is therefore primary 4. https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?rev_t=20140527053606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.vanguardngr.com%2Fphoto%2Fmtn-project-fame-season-three-2#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url this is a listings page and is therefore primary 5. https://www.modernghana.com/music/8861/3/.html this is a repeat source 6. This is a report from a time of an event and is therefore primary https://web.archive.org/web/20140904182407/http://www.modernghana.com/music/8861/3/.html 7. https://www.modernghana.com/music/17983/3/kesse-debuts-ugly-truth-album.html this is a routine press announcement about an upcoming album. Therefore, it is a primary source. 8. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/135040-wizkid-wins-african-artiste-of-the-year-at-ghana-music-awards.html this is a primary source reporting on a competition that mentions the artist's name but it's not clear how it could translate into encyclopaedic content. 9. https://web.archive.org/web/20140314041448/http://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2012/04/15/full-list-of-winners-of-2012-vodafone-ghana-music-awards/ this is a list of award nominees that doesn't load. Again, this is a primary source and it's not clear how one could create engaging prose from it without significant synthesis. 10. https://web.archive.org/web/20140314041448/http://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2012/04/15/full-list-of-winners-of-2012-vodafone-ghana-music-awards/ this is a list of award winners which is great and all but how does one build an entire article completely from primary sources without significant synthesis.

Whether WP:MUSIC is present or not I just can't see how it's possible to create a suitably engaging article from these sources without synthesis of primary source material.

Can you see what I mean and do you understand why this is so important to me?

Can you see my point? 𝔓^420°𝔓^Holla 01:26, 23 February 2025 (UTC) Indefinitely blocked for disruption, UPE, use of LLM and suspected sock puppetry.--Goldsztajn (talk) 06:00, 24 February 2025 (UTC) [reply]

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• Keep The subject passes criterion 8 and 9 of WP:MUSICBIO. He has won and been nominated for the Ghana Music Awards, which is a major award in Ghana. He has also participated in two notable music competitions: Project Fame West Africa and TV3 Mentor. The subject finished runner-up in the former and won the latter. I'm sure the nominator did not review the criterion outlined in WP:MUSICBIO before nominating the article for deletion.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 03:25, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Meets WP:GNG and slightly WP:MUSICBIO, I’m in support of what @User:Versace1608 noted about the nominator. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gratefulking (talk • contribs) 06:35, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kumawood (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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No evidence of notability. Three deadlinks and all but one of the remainder are affiliated or interviews. Only the BBC source reliably confirms the existence of Kumawood. Searches reveal social media sources but nothing that amounts to a WP:RS. Fails WP:GNG  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   23:50, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete – Per nom. Nothing that configures notability or any relevant redirection to WP:ATD. Svartner (talk) 10:12, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: if you search for news coverage about this award you will find plenty, especially from local news outlet. Have you consider these? FuzzyMagma (talk) 22:30, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: Kindly keep. This article is notable and it speaks or provide insights to the Ghanaian local movie industry specifically in Kumasi. Jwale2 (talk) 19:18, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: [15] ^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 01:44, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as per the multiple academic sources discussing Kumawood as linked in the previous comment above, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 22:47, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Comment. @Velella: It is always a good idea to try to fix dead links in any article you think might need to be deleted. InternetArchiveBot (talk · contribs) can do this automnatically. In this case, InternetArchiveBot was able to rescue three of the dead links. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 12:59, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh.... - as noted in the nomination, my own searches found many sources including those now restored. However, none of them, in my view, demonstated notability. Many are affiliated and even the source from "New African Cinema" only has two brief mentions which is well short of conveying notability. Several others are interviews with the CEO and clearly affiliated. I do, and will, restore sources where I believe that an article justifies keeping, but where the sources are clearly too weak, my efforts are better directed elsewhere IMHO.  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   02:04, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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• Keep I think the article could do with some editing - it appears that the name started as a privately owned company, but is now used to refer to a film industry based in Kumasi, Ghana. Many of the sources are about the film industry, rather than the private company - the book New African Cinema, for example, refers to "the category of "Kumawood films" ", and the "Kumawood genre". As well as the sources already in the article, the Modern Ghana news website has other stories about the state of the Kumawood industry. As Hydronium^~Hydroxide noted, there are many scholarly articles about it too, including "The new wave in Ghana's video film industry: Exploring the Kumawood model" [16]; "Aberration of cultures: A study of distortion of Akan cultures in Kumawood movies in Ghana" [17]; "Re-examining Digital Effects in ‘Kumawood’ Science Fiction Film Titled 2016" [18]; "The depiction of invectives and violence in Kumawood movies" (not online, but published in 2020 at the University of Education, Winneba; "Emergence of Local Language Film Production in Ghana" [19] is largely about Kumawood; etc. It definitely meets WP:GNG. If it's not kept, however, as WP:ATD I suggest merging to Cinema of Ghana, which currently has one line about Kumawood. RebeccaGreen (talk) 12:18, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Taurus Musik (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Non-notable music record label. I’m surprised this hasn’t been deleted since 2018, as it has zero reliable references. It is unclear how this label meets WP:NMUSIC, WP:MUSICBIO, WP:MOS RL, or WP:GNG. Afro 📢Talk! 05:28, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: The sources fail to demonstrate any notability to justify keeping the article. JustARandomEditor123 (talk) 12:01, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Don't see any evidence of passing WP:NMUSIC or WP:NCORP. Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:49, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dominic Saidu (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Declined prod. One of the sources added was https://www.goteamliberia.com/liberia-at-olympics/ which doesn't appear to be SIGCOV. I am still not seeing SIGCOV to meet WP:SPORTSCRIT and WP:NOLY. LibStar (talk) 22:59, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep based on WP:NEXIST, with a possibility for procedural keep. Context for procedural keep: Over 45 articles all in the same narrow topic (Olympic-level track and field competitors) have been brought to AfD or PRODed this month, as compared to a typical one or two per week otherwise. It takes significant effort to do a complete source search for each of these, most of which aren't in English and are from the pre-Internet era from countries that have not digitized their national newspaper archives yet. If a sweeping argument should be made, then make that as a mass nomination, but otherwise these need to be more spread out. Having this many individual AfDs open at once about these historical figures notoriously difficult to research sets up an insurmountable task.

NEXIST rationale: Liberian newspapers from the 1970s haven't been checked yet, we would expect coverage because Saidu was among only five athletes to represent Liberia at the 1972 Olympics, and the only 200m sprinter to qualify in a 16-year period from 1964 to 1980. Other avenue for sourcing: Given that only five athletes were represented, there's a good chance that Saidu might be the subject depicted on this stamp archived by John Lowe. Where did the stamp originate, and how was it used? If the stamp was in wide use, it might be indicative that Saidu was a national-level figure and there might have been related coverage. Asking for Lowe's source might be a good idea. --Habst (talk) 16:12, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can find that stamp on this page [20]. Seeing if I can find more information about them Moritoriko (talk) 03:27, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also check the list at WP:PRODSUM

Mitrajeet Dhaneswar Maraye (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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So the only source available for this BLP is this long-form press release from a non notable accountancy trade publication. https://abmagazine.accaglobal.com/global/articles/2021/may/interviews/nation-builder.html

What we have here is a seemingly middle-of-the-road banking executive turned mid-level civil servant with a Wikipedia entry? What the dickens is going on here? There's no WP:SNG for business people so why is there a page about him? If being the governor of the Bank of Mauritius came with any prestige or notoriety then financial journalists would have written about him which they have not. 𝔓^420°𝔓^Holla 22:31, 22 February 2025 (UTC) Indefinitely blocked for disruption, UPE, use of LLM and suspected sock puppetry.--Goldsztajn (talk) 06:01, 24 February 2025 (UTC) [reply]

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• Keep. Being governor of a central bank such as the Bank of England or the Federal Reserve System in the United States is a very senior position, arguably as important as a cabinet minister. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 23:08, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Eastmain, also I was able to find these sources about him from a quick Google search: 1 2 3 4 Opm581 (talk) 23:55, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep : As per other editors. The person holds respectable position. Gauravs 51 (talk)

Ilyas El Maliki (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Fails GNG and WP:PERP. Ignoring the usual online influencer unreliable sources like WP:DEXERTO and WP:SPORTSKEEDA, this guy is only notable for having been sued for a few minor charges and serving two months in prison [21]. The other sources that are not about this lawsuit are mostly routine announcements and do not talk about him in any significant depth. This page was previously created by blocked sock User:IMDB12, deleted per WP:A7 on January 1, and was now recreated by a different new COI account. Badbluebus (talk) 03:00, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The subject meets WP:GNG with multiple independent sources covering his career beyond any legal issues. The article cites Hespress, Yabiladi, Morocco World News, and Kings League, which are all independent, reliable sources discussing his achievements in streaming, sports, and digital media. Dismissing Dexerto does not negate the fact that there is substantial non-routine coverage of his career.

The claim that this is a WP:PERP case is misleading. WP:PERP applies when a person is only known for a legal issue, which is not the case here. His coverage in independent media predates and goes beyond any legal matter. The sources clearly establish his streaming success, leadership in the Kings World Cup, and industry recognition, including being named Moroccan Influencer of the Year.

As for the claim that this article was recreated by the same blocked user, there is no actual evidence to support this—no IP check, no behavioral analysis, nothing. An accusation without proof should not be a basis for deletion. If there are concerns about sockpuppetry, they should be handled separately through proper channels, not used as an argument in AfD.

This is a well-sourced article about a notable subject, and per WP:GNG, it should be kept. Datamanager3000 (talk) 03:51, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I meant to add this at the start of my previous comment but forgot. Just clarifying my stance. Datamanager3000 (talk) 05:34, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per the nominator. I checked all of the sources in the article and it is extremely weak. There is no indication that most of these are even reliable sources, and in my opinion, using unvetted sources for a WP:BLP (unless the source is obviously reliable) is a very, very bad idea and should not be able to help notability at all. λ NegativeMP1 04:24, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I dont know where you're from but in Morocco these are all very reliable sources apart from LGAMINGMA. Datamanager3000 (talk) 04:28, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  But do they meet our criteria for a reliable source? No, I don't think they do, since sites like LGaming.ma don't have any editorial policy or about us page, and therefore no proper credentials. Furthermore, are those sites listed on WP:RSP or WP:VG/S? No, they aren't. λ NegativeMP1 04:34, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I am defending the retention of the article about Ilyas El Maliki because of the independent sources cited, such as Hespress, Yabiladi, and Morocco World News, which highlight his success in streaming, sports, and digital media. This success is not only tied to legal issues but is supported by significant media coverage of his career and achievements, including his participation in the Kings World Cup. Additionally, he was named Moroccan Influencer of the Year, which underscores his prominence. Furthermore, the claim that the article was recreated by the same blocked user is unfounded and lacks evidence. Based on these facts, I believe the article should be kept according to the guidelines of the encyclopedia. Hkatib (talk) 04:45, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I'd like to see what guidelines you're talking about because notability can only be demonstrated by reliable, secondary sources. None of the sources in the article can contribute to notability. See WP:GNG. λ NegativeMP1 05:00, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  The argument that “none of the sources in the article contribute to notability” is not accurate. Hespress, Yabiladi, and Morocco World News are among the most widely recognized and referenced media outlets in Morocco. These are established, independent news sources that cover a range of topics, including politics, sports, and entertainment. Just because they are not listed on WP:RSP does not mean they are unreliable—WP:RSP is not an exhaustive list of every reliable source.

  The subject's notability is clearly demonstrated by substantial independent coverage in multiple sources, including his rise in streaming, his role in the Kings World Cup, and his recognition as Moroccan Influencer of the Year. These are not routine announcements but sustained coverage across different aspects of his career.

  Additionally, dismissing a source simply because it is not listed on WP:RSP is not how Wikipedia determines reliability. If there is a specific policy-based reason why Hespress or Morocco World News should be considered unreliable, that should be demonstrated with evidence. Otherwise, they should be evaluated on their actual editorial practices and reputation within their region, rather than being judged against a list that is primarily Western-focused. Datamanager3000 (talk) 05:07, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  "Hespress, Yabiladi, and Morocco World News are among the most widely recognized and referenced media outlets in Morocco." And Fox News is among the most widely recognized and referenced news outlets in the United States. Low and behold, we consider it mostly unreliable per WP:RSP. And I never said that a source HAS to be on RSP or VG/S, but it is a good idea. Especially for BLPs, where it is recommended to only use the strongest sourcing available and sources that are low-quality in any fashion should be disregarded. Either way though, you haven't proven how any of the sources are reliable or useful at all. I gave my evidence and Grayfell provided his input as well. Please prove in your own words how they are reliable sources by our standards. λ NegativeMP1 06:57, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - The Morocco World News source uses very strange and simple English. I cannot find anything on that page about its editing standards or fact-checking/corrections or similar. How does this outlet meet WP:RS? Same question about LGAMING.MA.

Hespress is slightly better, but again, who are its editors? Le Matin (Morocco) seems to be a legit newspaper, but it's a passing mention, at best.

The Yabiladi source doesn't appear to mention Ilyas El Maliki, making it useless for notability even if it were reliable. Grayfell (talk) 06:16, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like Yabiladi.com uses machine translation to plagiarize articles from other outlets. For example this article Euractiv.com is beat-for-beat copied by Yabiladi.com's version, but significantly worse in just about every way. The site has no indication of editorial oversight or fact checking. It likely shouldn't be cited on Wikipedia at all. Grayfell (talk) 20:39, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

this source from a outlet called Le 360 is a single sentence and a photo followed by a bunch of social media posts. It's not useful for notability. Grayfell (talk) 00:51, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep

Ilyas El Maliki is a well-known and influential figure in the fields of streaming and digital media. His success goes beyond video games, extending into sports and even fashion. Being named "Moroccan Influencer of the Year" in 2025 is clear evidence of his significance in the media landscape. This achievement has been documented by reputable and independent sources such as Hespress, Yabiladi, and Morocco World News, which cover his success in detail, including his contract with the streaming platform Kick and his participation in the Kings World Cup.

On the other hand, the argument to remove the article due to legal issues or conflicts with other individuals lacks any solid foundation. Indeed, every individual faces challenges throughout their career, but Ilyas has proven through his achievements and his global recognition that he deserves his place in the encyclopedia. Many people follow and interact with him across social media platforms, and he is widely acknowledged as a public figure of prominence.

Keeping the article would be a reasonable step to maintain accurate and factual documentation about a prominent figure who has had a significant impact both locally and internationally. According to the guidelines of the encyclopedia, articles about public figures who have a broad influence and notable achievements should remain in the database. Hkatib (talk) 06:48, 19 February 2025 (UTC)— Hkatib (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Notice: The above user is currently a suspected sock-puppet and their argument is based on ideas proven false by both me and Grayfell. Also, there is no mention of sports and fashion in this article. This comment is quite literally just making stuff up. λ NegativeMP1 06:51, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep I think the discussion was negatively impacted by the behavior of the creator of the article, but the topic is notable I believe, especially when searching in non-English sources (consider that English is neither a native language nor the primary foreign language in Morocco). I was in fact planning to write an article about him at some point, as he's undoubtedly hands down the most famous Moroccan streamer. None of the explicitly linked sources below mention him just in passing. Some of them are from websites of famous Moroccan newspapers (such as L'Opinion, Alalam and Al Ahdath Al Maghribia), in addition to known non-Moroccan source such Al-Arabiya and The New Arab. I also tried to avoid blog-like sites and purely tabloid news, and keep only international and national, rather than regional sources.

English sources: hespress.com 1, hespress.com 2 (more articles about him on hespress.com), walaw, MWN (more about him on MWN), Assahafa.com

French sources: L'Opinion 1, L'Opinion 2 (more about him on L'Opinion's website), Linformation.ma, le360.ma 1, le360.ma 2 (more on le360.ma), lesinfos.ma, médias24.com, lodj.ma 1, lodj.ma 2, h24info.ma 1, h24info.ma 2, h24info.ma 3 (more on h24info.ma), walaw, bladi.net, primesynergy.ma, lenew.ma, footdumaroc, fr.hespress.com

Arabic sources: alaraby.co.uk, almashhad.com, hibapress.com, goud.ma 1, goud.ma 2 (more about him on goud.ma), alkhaleej.ae, various Arabic articles about Ilyas El Malki on hespress.com, ar.le360.ma, alalam.ma, al3omk.com, lesiteinfo.com, ahdath.info, barlamane.com, aljarida24.com, alarabiya.net, rue20.com, febrayer.com, assabah.ma

Spanish source

Dutch source

--Ideophagous (talk) 18:16, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

additional links: araby.co.uk 2, araby.co.uk 3 --Ideophagous (talk) 09:24, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: I'd welcome a source review of recently added sources to this AFD earlier today. We have diverging opinions here about these sources from Morocco but these new sources are coming from a variety of countries.
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Chinyere Almona (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Subject fails WP:GNG or WP:BASIC. Definitely a good LinkedIn business person, but not Wikipedia-notable. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 23:05, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Tony Chukwueke (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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No reliable sources and mostly just puff, fails WP:NBIO. ProtobowlAddict ^uwu! (talk | contributions) 19:47, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Comment: Appears to have been involved in potentially illegal activities around issuing drilling licenses [22], [23]. Oaktree b (talk) 21:04, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: Would certainly seem to qualify for notability based on the improprieties during his time with the government, given above. Rest of the career mentioned in the article is rather routine and it would be a !delete were it not for the improper dealings. Oaktree b (talk) 21:06, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  A few more for good measure [24], [25]. Oaktree b (talk) 21:08, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ikechukwu Arthur Anoke (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Promotional, not relialbe sources, the person fails WP GNG. Redirect to Taurus Musik is not the bad option. Lulakayd (talk) 17:03, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: Another X under X entrepreneur that fails WP:BIO or WP:GNG. Source include clearly unreliable ones, interestingly ridiculous piece from WP:MREL , Vanguard, and so on. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 09:02, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Firstly, the nomination was made as part of a possible disruptive edit, and secondly, I disagree with you. 24eeWikiUser (talk) 01:00, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Hi 24eeWikiUser, you don’t just disagree with a user for the sake of it. You need to state your reasons and it’s all bad to assume that the nomination was made in bad faith without stating why. We are trying to reach a consensus here. Best, Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 07:13, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Hi@Reading Beans, Thank you. I wasn’t dismissing concerns but highlighting that the deletion nomination may need further scrutiny. 24eeWikiUser (talk) 09:18, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: highly promotional with passing mentions in mostly unreliable sources FuzzyMagma (talk) 13:12, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: As noted at AN/I, I would have supported a speedy keep given the transparently disruptive nomination, but now that VWF and FuzzyMagma have offered good-faith delete !votes that option is off the table. Evaluating the sources, I see lots of promotional articles, single-source interviews and articles on his various companies -- nothing that would pass WP:GNG, WP:NPOL or WP:NBIO. Of note: this article also reads as promotional and the page creator's article on Anoke's company Zuri Health was speedily deleted under G11. Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:46, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

O'Tega Ogra (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Non-notable politician or businessperson who fails WP:NPOL or WP:BIO. Sources cited and from cursory search could not satisfy requirements for WP:GNG or even WP:BASIC. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 16:34, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: Fails WP:NPOL and WP:BIO. AgerJoy 18:03, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Sources appear to be promotional fluff. No pass on WP:NPOL, and no pass on WP:NBIO; awards appear non-significant. Article fails WP:NOTRESUME. (Also, I am genuinely confused about why there is a birth date here, when not a single source in the article lists a birth date or even year. 24eeWikiUser, where did you get the subject's birth date? Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:38, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Thank you, @Dclemens1971. For a quick search please see, [26], [27] and [28]. 24eeWikiUser (talk) 18:49, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  The Facebook page is a broken link, and the Instagram and X pages only list a birthdate, not a year, so if you are pulling a year in from other sources, that is WP:SYNTH and WP:OR. Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:54, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Okay, thanks. 24eeWikiUser (talk) 18:58, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: Sourcing is strictly from PR items and the article is about a corporate communications pro. Apart from the delicious irony of it all, I don't see notability. A PR person promoting themselves using PR items. Oaktree b (talk) 21:37, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Munachi Abii (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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WP:BLP says that any material about a living person whether positive or negative must be removed if it is not reliably sourced. Here, I can see interviews (primary), some mentions in relation to TV shows, a listicle and a lot of brief routine press announcements about new projects etc which are also primary. This article's sources lack the kind of in-depth, biographical overview spanning a broader part of the subject's life that these announcements and interviews do that are required to make high-quality encyclopaedia entries. This article and others like it lower Wikipedia's overall quality and perpetuate the idea that anyone can create a page about anyone on Wikipedia as long as they have a few quid to buy a few interviews in Nigeria's national press. I'm sure that's all well and good for self-promoters and fame-hunters but what if this method of making literally anyone notable enough for Wikipedia was used maliciously to perpetuate falsehoods about someone, and somehow that non-editorially moderated information makes it onto Wikipedia, then we would all become complicit in destroying that person. I'm digressing a little here but my point is that allowing BLP articles based on sources that aren't properly edited, moderated or regulated is a dangerous path to go down and I would implore anyone reading this to consider this encyclopaedia's long-term viability ahead of this hyper inclusioninst approach to notability and article creation that many seem to be defending so vehemently at the moment. 𝔓^420°𝔓^Holla 21:39, 22 February 2025 (UTC) Indefinitely blocked for disruption, UPE, use of LLM and suspected sock puppetry.--Goldsztajn (talk) 05:52, 24 February 2025 (UTC) [reply]

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• Keep: Easily passes WP:BASIC and that’s all I need. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 22:44, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: Subject passes WP:NACTOR. She has had major roles in multiple notable films and been nominated for a major award. @GDX420: I have left a note on your talk page. If you continue to nominate articles for deletion without properly completing a thorough Google search, I will report you. You've previously been blocked before for something else so you should keep this in mind.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 23:18, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

*:Please do not threaten me. This is a biography of a living person and per WP:BLP there is an extra onus on editors to get the article right. That means ensuring that all statements whether positive or negative are attributed to a reliable secondary source. Could you please indicate which of the article's sources verify that this subject is notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia? 𝔓^420°𝔓^Holla 00:20, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I did not threatened you. I am telling you that you are wasting other editors time with some of the questionable AFD nominations you've carried out in the past 24 hours. Munachi Abii is notable because she meets criterion 1 of WP:NACTOR. She also won a notable beauty pageant. Your lengthy explanation will not determine the outcome of this AFD.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 00:27, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Article is good to go. @User:GDX420 Please stop nominating articles for deletion without proper, that’s the only thing found in your contributions to Wikipedia. Gratefulking (talk) 06:39, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment @Gratefulking: Never score out other editor comments in any in Afd going forward. It is disruptive, deeply uncool and unprofessional. The fact the editor started his comment with a "Delete" instead of "Comment" is neither here nor there. A simple word or a comment would have fixed it. scope_creep^Talk 15:36, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete She is not an actor. She has had a series of bit-parts at best and source analysis is pretty decent as far as I an see. This individual is completely non-notable. It is a fan article. Fails WP:BIO, WP:SIGCOV. scope_creep^Talk 15:39, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  So starring in multiple notable films doesn't make one an actor? What exactly qualifies one to be an actor? Sources here and here list actress as one of her professions. You cannot deny that she passes criterion 1 of WP:NACTOR. Your attempt at trying to discredit her profession is weak. This particular article will not get deleted.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 17:07, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

*::I'm sorry User:Versace1608 but language like "Your attempt at trying to discredit her profession is weak" is really unhelpful. I'm not going to ask you to remain WP:CIVIL during this discussion again because AfD is not the appropriate forum. Thank you for your co-operation.𝔓^420°𝔓^Holla 19:17, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I am supposed to believe that she isn't an actor because you said so? Did you even bother checking sources to verify your false statement about her not being an actor? I'm sure you didn't.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 17:24, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You have a nasty habit of assuming the worst in people and not following WP:AGF. We will go through the reference in detail. scope_creep^Talk 18:53, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Those two sources you've listed, both are interviews which can't be used to establish notability. scope_creep^Talk 18:56, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Whether the source is a primary one is irrelevant. Primary sources like the ones I cited here can be used in the article; they just can't be used to establish notability and I never cited them here for this particular reason. I cited them to prove the fallacy of your statement. You claimed that she is not an actor; this is what you said. Do you have a reliable source (primary or secondary) to support this claim? The answer to that is no. You cannot make a statement you cannot back up with evidence. You are just trying to discredit the subject but cannot disapprove that she passes criterion 1 of WP:NACTOR. She has had major roles in multiple notable films per info in the article and nothing you say can disapprove this fact.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 19:14, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can't cope with this anymore. I'm going to say one more thing and then I am going to switch off my computer and do something fun instead because none of us take any pleasure in AfDs but we have to have these discussions to prevent Wikipedia from morphing into another ImDB or Crunchbase.

Versace, we are just trying to establish whether there is enough high-quality source material for this article to flourish.

Can you please collaborate with us here and show us some independent sources that are reliable that could be used to verify that they meet C1 of WP:NACTOR. We just can't use interviews to demonstrate notability for a number of reasons. 𝔓^420°𝔓^Holla 19:33, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have you gone through the article? For crying out loud, the subject had major roles in Living in Bondage: Breaking Free, Finding Hubby, and its sequel. Criterion 1 states explicitly states "The person has had significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions".  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 19:36, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is my last response to you on this particular AFD.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 19:37, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I have gone the article. Calm your jets. I will check again. I try to be fair but the source analysis is pretty decent. scope_creep^Talk 20:12, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Disruptive nom as subject passes NACTRESS. I suggest we snow close this. Best, Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 06:35, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment If you want to close it that is fine due to the sock. I will repost the Afd in a couple of months. scope_creep^Talk 08:13, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy keep: A winner of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageantry is notable and meets WP:NMODEL. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 11:13, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: passes WP:NACTOR and significant coverage of the actor found. Gauravs 51 (talk)

OnlyOneMassive (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Have significant concerns with the quality of sourcing available on the subject to the point that I don't think a Wikipedia article is justified at this point. Cited news articles (namely the ON The Light, Guardian, Daily Times, and Tribune sources) seem like puff pieces that directly draw from a press release for the musician and the DJ training enterprise that he's founded, rather than substantial coverage of him. Bridget (talk) 15:36, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete per nom. I reviewed some of the sources cited in the article and they do appear to be promotional despite being from media outlets generally considered reliable.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 16:17, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete This does have some promotional sources and I don’t really see any notability. ScrabbleTiles (talk) 16:54, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Fails WP:MUSICBIO or WP:COMPOSER, and of course WP:GNG. I was going to nominate this, thanks for looking at it before I had the time. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 19:01, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: There are significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. The subject passes Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Basic criteria, which says:

  People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.

  If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability; trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not usually sufficient to establish notability.

Sources

1. Oyin, Yekini (2 December 2015). "Deejay Massive: FUTA's new hot kid". P.M. News. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

   The article notes: "Popularly known as DeeJay Massive but with the birth name Adetiloye Pius Ayodeji, he is a 500-level student of the Department of Crop, Soil, and Pest Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA). He hails from Ijare, Ondo State, yet had his early life in Akure, Ondo State. His deep love for music was shaped by an upbringing surrounded by Afrobeats, hip-hop, R&B, reggae, and house music. Inspired by icons such as Jazzy Jeff, Black Coffee, Carl Cox, and Martin Garrix, he is a self-taught DJ who started with the mastery of DJ hardware and later learned the software (Serato, Rekordbox, Ableton, and Logic Pro) in 2010—a year he termed the start of his greatness, with faith and resilience. He started learning fast while showcasing his DJing skills, too."

2. Ehinlawo, Moshood (11 December 2023). "Top Nigerian DJs based in the UK". P.M. News. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

   The article notes: "Few DJs embody evolution and impact like OnlyOneMassive, whose real name is Adetiloye Pius Ayodeji, and was formerly known by the stage name, ‘Deejay Massive.’ His early success in Nigeria saw him win multiple awards before relocating to Lagos, where he co-founded The Vibes DJ Academy with DJ Consequence. This institution became one of the leading DJ schools in Africa, training over 300 DJs and setting the foundation for structured DJ education in the country. He has shown his skillful deejaying at various parties within the United Kingdom and beyond. While he is based there, he also comes to Nigeria to play at selected shows and concerts. From being a recognized campus DJ to conquering Lagos State and right now, flying the global flag, perhaps, it safe to say that he is here to stay, for a long time."

3. Bukunmi, Isaac (30 March 2023). "Onlyonemassive's Never Stop: A Gamechanger In Amapiano Music". Daily Times. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

   The article notes: "OnlyOneMassive has always been territorial since the beginning of his career, intentionally honing his art and expertise in both the DJ and music world. When he started DJing from the streets of Nigeria, heralding through the storms of performing at local shows and concerts, to the ever-chaotic clubs of Lagos and its environs, one would think the hurdles of hustling would pull him back. But to OnlyOneMassive, resilience and persistence are core qualities– that would later take him to the international stages of London and beyond."

4. Meshack, Olaoluwa (19 September 2021). "Survivor Quarantine Questionnaire: John Cochran explains why he will not play again". ThisDay. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

   The article notes: "Ayodeji embarked on his DJing career in 2010 while a university student, and his talent quickly became apparent, garnering him awards such as Best DJ at the PIRA Awards (2014) and FUTA Awards (2015, 2016). His relocation to Lagos in 2017 was a turning point, establishing him as a prominent figure in Nigeria’s music scene. He also co-founded The Vibes DJ Academy, demonstrating his passion for education, which has since trained over 200 DJs across the globe. Ayodeji’s teaching philosophy encompasses not only technical proficiency but also creative expression and business acumen, equipping aspiring DJs to build sustainable and successful careers in the music industry."

5. Segun, Ilori (28 September 2022). "OnlyOneMassive Strikes Gold Again with 'Feel Good' Featuring Rhookcastle". TheNEWS. Retrieved 25 February 2025. and Bukunmi, Isaac (30 March 2023). "Onlyonemassive's Never Stop: A Gamechanger In Amapiano Music". Daily Times (Nigeria). Retrieved 25 February 2025.

   These are reviews of his songs I was able to find.

There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow OnlyOneMassive to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". There are reviews about his released songs that has biographical information about OnlyOneMassive, Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline says, "Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention, but it does not need to be the main topic of the source material." These sources each provide significant coverage about OnlyOneMassive, if we search.

Cheers, Frank Ken (talk) 17:06, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These pieces are poor in nature, especially regarding journalistic integrity. I cannot cite a work that wants to ridiculously force me to believe OnlyOneMassive stands as a testament to the transformative power of passion, innovation, and cultural pride in the global music industry. and that As he continues to push boundaries and create massive, unforgettable experiences, OnlyOneMassive not only elevates African music on the global stage but also ensures its enduring legacy for generations to come.

I also will not cite a work that forces me to believe OnlyOneMassive’s ability to blend different genres and create a unique sound is a testament to his expertise and creativity as a producer.

These are clearly part of the subject's PR and advertorial works and clearly fail WP:INDEPENDENT one of the req of WP:GNG. These journalists are really not doing a good job yet. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 14:05, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nigeria ICT Fest (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Sourced to primary sources and routine coverage. Not notable. Princess of Ara 18:10, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Weak Keep: Article might be relivant in future, there are few details to look up to per references. Kingsize8 (talk) 00:22, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  See WP:CRYSTAL. Articles that might be relevant in the future are not appropriate for Wikipedia. Madeleine (talk) 01:22, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Fails WP:GNG per lack of significant coverage in independent sources. Madeleine (talk) 01:23, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Donny Crown (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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The subject of this article fails WP:MUSICBIO. He is still an up-and-coming artist who has only released three songs. None of his songs meet the notability requirements outlined in WP:NSONG. Most of the sources cited in the article are press releases about his songs. A couple of the other sources are from media outlets, who interviewed him.  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?} 18:22, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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::*Delete per  Versace1608  ^{Wanna Talk?}'s nom𝔓^420°𝔓^Holla 20:08, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Article meets WP:BASIC which is the basics for an article Gratefulking (talk) 06:24, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: Article is finely sourced, From Reliable and independent sources, article is In-dept in coverage. I Check the artists YouTube, Spotify and found out most of his songs hits a million streams and hundreds of thousand of views, Also discovered artists might have removed some songs seeing he’s been active for more than 10years and has a major collaboration with other renowned artists in music and events/tour which meets some of the criteria. Gratefulking (talk) 06:46, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Passes WP:GNG. Letmevibe (talk) 07:53, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Delete. All of the sources cited are clearly promotional. Most do not have a byline, which is clear evidence of the articles being paid promotion, alongside the exaggerated puffery in the prose. The articles that have bylines are no better: the two from Pulse Ghana are meaningless puffery, containing absolutely zero detail and reading like AI slop. The Leadership article is some contrived biography with a headline implying it's actually an interview, probably paid for just to fill in this Wikipedia article, and probably isn't sigcov either. Best of all, the NotJustOK link consists entirely of a recording and two sentences of puffery. Toadspike [Talk] 09:56, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  @Toadspike please how is the leadership article an interview??? It has two bylines from a journalist and the company and there are no quotes, majority of the articles are neutral and has bylines, did you talk about that? You see only the negative aspects of an article ? They are majorly secondary sources and all writers won’t write the way you wish them to, you can’t say this subject don’t merit a Wikipedia page because of what you think about the articles over they, review the articles again with good faith and check the bylines on the references listed on the article and review the credibility of the sites, the articles are in-depth and every statement are facts that are cited, what’s the promotion here? It’s there anything written that isn’t real? Where is the exaggeration? Gratefulking (talk) 10:53, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• CU note I've blocked Gratefulking and Letmevibe above as socks of the same user. I think it likely that there is an older blocked master behind the accounts, but I'm not certain so I've left one of their comments in place. Girth Summit _(blether) 16:58, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: I’ve done my research and found Significant coverage that meets WP:GNG, I’ve used this source to cleanup and edit this article to the best I can seeing what’s available.

Firstly it’s an article and not subject to deliberate on WP:NSONG.

Wikipedia is a work in progress and articles should not be deleted as punishment because no one has felt like cleaning them up yet.. That been said, Anyone can still do a work here because I’ve found reasonable content that is useful. Make the world Better 22:17, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nwamaka Okoye (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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This is a lengthy article standing on just a single RS here[29]. The other sources do not show that this entrepreneur meets any notability guidelines. These sources here are interviews[30][31][32][33][34][35]. This[36] is written by the subject of this article. These here[37][38][39][40][41] are statements where the subject received trivial mentions. These are primary sources[42][43] Mekomo (talk) 06:19, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose the article has been updated since nomination. The links you yourself have proposed further support the notability guidelines, especially when we consider the region she operates in, which has a smaller media landscape than for Western individuals, and that does not always have documented sources that Wikipedia considers appropriate. Consider this feature of her speaking publicly about abolishing state descriptors to remove barriers to job access, or here speaking about electoral integrity. It was distributed by a major news outlet, which would be considered a RS elsewhere in the world. But because it is not hosted on an independent site, only Youtube it is not appropriate for Wikipedia. There are lots of other supporting information about Okoye that is distributed this way. I think the argument that there are not enough reliable sources to establish notability is particularly narrow as we should be conscious that not all regions have the sources that would be expected by a Western audience. If we deny on these grounds it risks biasing the Encyclopedia further, especially when it concerns those that are considered notable persons outside a Western perspective. The readers can come to their own conclusions. Nayyn (talk) 10:50, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Your update after the nomination does not address the notability concerns raised because you merely edited the existing information in the article without addressing the main issue. The three sources you presented are not different from what were already in the article in the sense that the new ones you presented are also interviews by a TV station. She was only interviewed commenting on a different thing and that does not improve her notability. Please checkout WP:INDEPENDENT. You're an autopatrolled user right holder that should have a deep understanding of what reliable and acceptable sources are. I analyzed all the sources in the article in the nomination statement and would like you to pick the sources and analyse them one after the other to show how they meet RS criteria. Mekomo (talk) 06:40, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I'm not sure how a personal attack about me constructively furthers your argument. You've not engaged with the points I've raised in my commentary above. Nigeria has 230 million people, but only 81 women businesswoman from the 21st century on Wikipedia. Nayyn (talk) 19:12, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Oppose Agree with @Nayyn's argument about a) the article being improved significantly and b) some aspects of notability needing to take context into consideration. Even a nationally-important entrepreneur in sub-Saharan Africa isn't going to routinely have Washington Post or Le Monde articles written about them. Deleting this would be jumping the gun. — Arcaist ^{(contr—talk)} 13:41, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please indicate those new sources that have 'improved significantly' the notability and those 'aspects of notability needing to take context into consideration'. Mekomo (talk) 06:53, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: Largely sourced to interviews, I don't see notability. I suppose founding an award could be notable, but with no coverage of the award either, I'm not seeing notability. Oaktree b (talk) 15:00, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Isioma Humanitarian Foundation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Clearly fails WP:NCORP. Previously moved to draft but moved back to mainspace by creator. Sources are Paid sources maybe in the future maybe notable. Jamiebuba (talk) 14:54, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: Fails WP:ORGCRIT or WP:GNG Vanderwaalforces (talk) 15:41, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. When a newspaper article is quite favourable towards a subject, that's a hint – but no more than a hint – that money has changed hands. It could just be that the article's writer is inexperienced or too easily impressed by a celebrity. I don't think we can safely dismiss all the references as paid. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 19:38, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: no significant and valid secondary sources to prove WP:ORGDEPTH. m a MANÍ^{1990(talk | contribs)} 00:51, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as it meets basic notability criteria. These two references[44][45] used in this article meet WP:INDEPENDENT and meeting WP:GNG. And the other three references meet WP:NBASIC. When the effect of all five references in the article is combined it meets at least minimum notability criteria. Karakpo (talk) 08:06, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep there are two RS sources with WP:SIGCOV and the others contain more than trivial mention of the organocation. Runmastery (talk) 15:01, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Subject has enough coverage to pass WP:GNG such as Gurdian Nigeria, Vanguard News, Nigerian Tribune, Gurdian Nigeria etc. Drushrush (talk) 16:24, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per comments from Eastmain and Drushrush. Patre23 (talk) 05:15, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Looking only at the sources mentioned in this AfD: they're definitely all very fluffy positive pieces, but that by itself isn't disqualifying if they're independent, reliable coverage.

• The first source is The Guardian (Nigeria). We can find it at WikiProject Nigeria's list of reliable sources, with the comment "Sponsored posts are bylined as "Editor"". This one is bylined as "Guardian Nigeria". Not sure if this is a good sign (not "Editor") or a bad one (not a named person, like some of their more serious articles).
• The second is Nigerian Tribune, which is listed in the same place as above as generally reliable without caveats.
• The third is by Vanguard (Nigeria), listed under generally borderline with the comment "It may be usable depending on context. Involved in paid, promotional, and sponsored content by the newspaper, some of which is NOT explicitly marked as so."
• The last source, from Qualitative Magazine, seems to be a special-purpose disability advocacy magazine. Not listed in the source analysis, doesn't have an article, a quick search doesn't give much of anything about them.

So (without any deeper knowledge of the Nigerian media landscape) I'd call this one high-quality source, and three possibly paid promotional sources. My inclination would be to delete unless someone can verify that the Guardian and Vanguard sources aren't paid or otherwise non-independent. Rusalkii (talk) 21:31, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as per the above discussion about lack of significant coverage. Also, the vast majority of the thousands of charitable organizations are not notable, but that is no stigma as to their worthiness. Bearian (talk) 04:17, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Boniface Benzinge (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Subject does not meet GNG. Possibly WP:ONEEVENT, the event being his attempt to appoint a new "king" after the death of Kigeli V D1551D3N7 (talk) 19:08, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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A. C. Frieden (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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I have carried out WP:BEFORE on this previously unreferenced BLP about a writer, and have added three sources. One is the publisher's website, however, so not an independent source. The other two are both reviews in Kirkus. I haven't been able to find three good sources, and don't think he meets WP:GNG or WP:NAUTHOR. I did find this in the Daily Herald through ProQuest, but it reads like a press release from the publisher. Tacyarg (talk) 20:16, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete per nom. Couldn't find anything on Proquest for any of his books. The Daily Herald piece is clearly a press release from the publisher, and the two Kirkus reviews are from the Kirkus Indie program, which means they are paid reviews and therefore not usable for the purposes of WP:NAUTHOR. Didn't find anything else to suggest notability. MCE89 (talk) 04:59, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I believe this article meets Wikipedia’s notability guidelines for authors. While the Kirkus reviews may not be considered strong independent sources per WP:NAUTHOR, additional evidence supports the subject’s notability. The author has been featured in multiple crime fiction podcasts, including *Spear-Talk* and *Second Sunday Books*, where he has been interviewed alongside other established thriller writers. Additionally, he has contributed articles to *Thrilleresque Magazine*, an independent literary publication recognized in the crime fiction community.

Furthermore, the author is one of the few Western writers to have visited and written about North Korea, a topic that has been central to two of his published works. His experiences in North Korea have been discussed in both *Spear-Talk* and *Second Sunday Books* podcasts, as well as in his referenced article in *Thrilleresque Magazine*.

I am continuing to search for independent sources, particularly given that the author has spoken on *espionage thriller* panels at *Bouchercon 2024* and *Bouchercon 2022*, one of the most recognized literary events in crime fiction. Given the subject’s multiple published works, ongoing media coverage, and contributions to the crime fiction genre, I request that the article be retained. 2601:241:8E00:87B:8159:B6BD:E466:6C67 (talk) 03:08, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Following my initial response, I have found and added additional independent sources related to the author's latest book, *Midnight in Delhi*, which has received multiple positive reviews in the U.S. and India. Notably, *Best Thriller Books*, one of the leading independent book reviewers in the thriller genre, has reviewed the novel. These new references further reinforce the subject’s ongoing recognition in the crime fiction community. I am continuing to search for more independent coverage to strengthen the article. 2601:241:8E00:87B:8159:B6BD:E466:6C67 (talk) 03:20, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Appearances on podcasts and panels, an article that the subject authored, and an alumni interview can't be considered towards notability, as they are not independent sources. These two sources seem to just be publisher blurbs. The review in "Best Thriller Books" is a little closer, but it's an extremely short review on what seems to be a relatively obscure website. I don't think we're close to WP:NAUTHOR or WP:GNG yet. MCE89 (talk) 03:56, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Following my previous response, I have added multiple independent sources confirming the author's participation in major crime fiction literary events. Notably, A.C. Frieden has been a featured panelist at *Bouchercon 2018 (St. Petersburg)*, *Bouchercon 2019 (Dallas)*, and *Bouchercon 2024 (Nashville)*, with an upcoming panel scheduled for *Bouchercon 2025*. These conferences are widely recognized as some of the most prestigious gatherings in the crime fiction genre. Independent references from *CrimeReads*, *Lone Star Literary Life*, and *J.T. Ellison’s official website* confirm his participation, further supporting his standing in the field. These sources are **third-party, reliable, and independent of the subject**, meeting Wikipedia's WP:GNG and WP:NAUTHOR standards. Additionally, I am continuing to search for further independent sources, particularly reviews of Frieden's novels in established media outlets. Given the subject’s multiple published works, confirmed speaking engagements at industry-leading events, and coverage in respected literary publications, I request that the article be retained. 2601:241:8E00:87B:F8CE:427D:F4AB:EDC8 (talk) 19:21, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete. Both nom and MCE89 have provided significant evidence that the subject of this article lacks the widespread independent secondary coverage required by GNG. The article is also contains promotional material which looks like a WP:RESUME. Nearly the entire bibliography is composed of self-authored, self-published, or otherwise primary sources that are disqualified for consideration towards notability.  GuardianH  05:36, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Oppose Deletion. The assertion that the subject lacks widespread independent secondary coverage overlooks the significant credibility of Down & Out Books, a leading crime fiction publisher. Notably, Down & Out Books is the official publisher of the Bouchercon Anthology, the official annual publication of Bouchercon, the world's premier crime fiction conference. Additionally, Down & Out Books has published works by over 200 authors, including #1 New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box and Edgar Award-winning authors David Housewright and Naomi Hirahara, among others. The publisher’s association with such acclaimed writers underscores its legitimacy and prominence in the crime fiction community. Down & Out Books has published four of the subject’s works, including the most recent, which was published in both the U.S. and India in November 2024. This international distribution further demonstrates the subject’s professional recognition and reach.

  Dismissing the bibliography as "self-authored, self-published, or otherwise primary sources" misrepresents the nature of Down & Out Books. While it operates as an independent press, it is not a vanity or self-publishing operation. The publisher maintains a rigorous editorial selection process, professional production standards, and industry-wide distribution, aligning with reputable publishing practices.

  Given the publisher's prestige, its role in publishing multiple works by the subject, and the subject's international reach, the article meets WP:GNG and WP:AUTHOR guidelines. Concerns regarding promotional language can be addressed through standard editorial improvements rather than deletion. 2601:241:8E00:87B:F5B2:D640:8893:3CB1 (talk) 06:29, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Easton Rangers (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Unable to confirm this club exists. There are a couple of results from allafrica.com between 2007 and 2009,[46] [47] as well as a BBC piece which is referenced in the article, but these give barely any details of the club itself. C679 09:25, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Redirect to List of football clubs in Sierra Leone – As ATD. Svartner (talk) 10:51, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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• Redirect as above. GiantSnowman 19:02, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect not thrilled about this - there are additional mentions in AllAfrica including [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] but the biggest problem is that they essentially disappeared in 2008–9, the BBC article claims they were renamed, and I can't find any evidence of the renamed team anywhere. RSSSF only mentions them once after 2008, in the covid shortened 2020 season. Based on the AllAfrica coverage, I think we could probably create a good stub about them if they were playing in the second division now instead of in 2008, but we may have found pretty much everything there is to find about them. SportingFlyer T·C 04:52, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to List of football clubs in Sierra Leone because the club is not so important that it should be a separate article --Edit.pdf (talk) 08:51, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Marissa Kurtimah (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Nominated by 99.142.64.153 (talk · contribs) for the following reason:

I feel she should be deleted because I couldn't find any sources that mention her competing in any Olympic events and she doesn't seem to have any coverage from local events either. I don't think this article should exist just because she was nominated for an Olympic team.

This is a procedural nomination; I am neutral. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:51, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I added several sources that cover high school and collegiate track accomplishments, some of which I added to the article. Nnev66 (talk) 21:28, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete. Her accomplishments do not appear to satisfy WP:NTRACK, and a couple of short newspaper articles are little more than announcements from her hometown paper[54] or university-related,[55][56] so WP:GNG isn't satisfied. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:51, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Had no career on the international level, therefore only local coverage. Geschichte (talk) 11:21, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong keep. Per Tilastopaja the subject was nominated for the Canadian 2016 Olympic team and competed at the 2015 World University Games advancing to the semi-finals and finals, so the statement that she "had no career on the international level" simply isn't correct. Subject was also the 2016 Bajan national champion over 100m so she fulfills WP:TRACK prong 1 and prong 4, it's incorrect to say that she doesn't satisfy NTRACK.

Now getting to the actual coverage, above article from the Springfield News-Leader can't be dismissed outright because it's a "local paper" -- that still qualifies as "independent" per the WP:GNG definition, "Independent of the subject" excludes works produced by the article's subject or someone affiliated with it. For example, advertising, press releases, autobiographies, and the subject's website are not considered independent.

I've found several other high quality GNG-contributing sources, for example:

• "Guleph sprinter proves she belongs with Canada's best". Waterloo Region Record. 16 Jul 2016. p. 1. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
• "Olympic potential seen by teacher". Waterloo Region Record. 16 Jul 2016. p. 2. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
• "Missouri State track star will run for Canada". The Springfield News-Leader. 12 Jul 2016. p. D1. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
• "Kurtimah finishes 13th in 100-meter dash at World University Games". The Springfield News-Leader. 10 Jul 2015. p. D4. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
• "Royal City showdown fizzles". Guelph Mercury. 11 Jun 2012. p. B1. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
• "Triple threat off to blistering start". Guelph Mercury. 1 Jun 2013. p. 13. Retrieved 16 February 2025.

The next step is to improve the article using these sources, which I think I can take on in the coming days. But the case for deletion isn't backed up by P&G with the newly found sources. --Habst (talk) 14:10, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Being nominated" counts for nothing in a career, and the World University Games is not an international meet - it's an international age-specific (and profession-specific, really) meet. "Strong keep" is ridiculous and you still mix in routine coverage with other coverage. Geschichte (talk) 16:29, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Geschichte, greatly respect your contributions but I disagree with both points. Being nominated can count for something in a career, just like being nominated for an award but not winning it can still be career-defining. And of course the World University Games is an international meet in the same way that the World Athletics U20 Championships is; athletes compete representing their country. I think based on the sources a strong keep view is justified. --Habst (talk) 13:35, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: The coverage uncovered by Habst isn't the most impressive, but it appears to have enough combined independent coverage about the subject to meet WP:NBASIC. Let'srun (talk) 04:05, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep There is enough here for the article to be kept. The article isn’t brilliant but there is enough coverage. ScrabbleTiles (talk) 11:05, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

North-eastern black rhinoceros (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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The page is lacking a lot of information on the subspecies, such as taxonomy, behaviour, and reasons for extinction, and both sources are either low quality or lead to dead websites. The page for the nominate species already lists it under the list of subspecies section as well. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 02:11, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep. In general, articles about extinct species should be kept especially if the extinction was a result of human activity. However, the photo should be replaced to show white people hunting the animals. As far as sourcing, I think this could be improved. Coresly (talk) 03:33, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Not every single extinct species has a page. For example, the Chobe black rhinoceros (D. b chobiensis) and the Moroccan Arabian bustard (A. a. lynsei), In terms of sourcing, there is not much in terms of online sources besides that recently extinct animal database, which is also lacking. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 06:05, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete While we do tend to keep articles on extinct species in extant genera (see recent clarification at Wikiproject:Paleo, as I myself wasn't too clear on that), we rarely have articles for even living subspecies - they are generally treated at the species page. In this case, the listing at Black rhinoceros seems entirely sufficient. Maybe port over the image if that's desired. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:35, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Delete I agree with this. Plus, at least the subspecies and distinct population pages like Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker and South China tiger are decently written with more content than two sentences. The IUCN status on the north-eastern black rhinoceros page is not even sourced. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 21:54, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  you cannot vote twice FuzzyMagma (talk) 20:15, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Black Rhinoceros. While there are scientific papers mentioning the NE Black Rhino that should be referenced, I don't think anything is gained by having a separate article. [57] [58] --Spacepine (talk) 00:01, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per above, this information can be included in the species article. SilverTiger12 (talk) 00:55, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The north-eastern black rhinoceros is already listed on the black rhinoceros page with the same text as the current individual page. Can you link the scientific papers discussing the subspecies? Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 19:08, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Edelgardvonhresvelg: the links [59][60] were in my not vote. I think the maps in those papers of the extinct subspecies (not just NE) range are of interest, but you're right, the text is already covered. --Spacepine (talk) 03:06, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Black rhinoceros per above. --cyclopia^speak! 10:07, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Coresly

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So, what is the final consensus for this article? Two keeps, two deletes, and two merges. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 05:49, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the interest of getting something done, merging the additional cites to the listing in the species article would be uncontroversial IMO. We can use extra references but we can not use an extra article. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:22, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that the references on the NE black rhino page are poor quality or dead. However, the references provided here by @Spacepine can be applied to its listing in the subspecies section for the black rhinoceros. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 04:26, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to species. Subject may or may not be notable, but until this is more than a two sentence stub it is much better covered within the context of the broader species article. As far as I can tell, basically all the important information in the stub is already in the parent article. Rusalkii (talk) 22:02, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sangonet (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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lacks significant coverage in reliable, independent sources to verify its notability and impact, as required by Wikipedia's general notability guidelines. Edit.pdf (talk) 08:46, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Stor-Age (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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As a for-profit company this needs to meet WP:NCORP rather than GNG, and while there are lots of passing mentions and press releases, I'm unable to find substantive intellectually independent sources. There is also a history of UPE. Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:09, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom ,Insufficient coverage by independent, reliable secondary sources to pass WP:GNG and WP:NCORP.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 17:21, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Roland Zulehner (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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self promotion, unreliable sources, artist of absolutely no relevance. See discussion page. (proposed by 95.90.127.86, 18:06, 22 February 2025 (UTC)) --Achim Adotz (talk) 20:17, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete No encyclopedic relevance. The abundance of references is confusing and mostly leads to dubious websites of hotels, shops, tanning salons, Facebook and self-promotional sites. No external reviews to be found. Planetblue (talk) 07:38, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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• Delete There’s a lot there, but it is all written promotionally and there seems to be little significance of the subject. ScrabbleTiles (talk) 10:01, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete if not speedily, based on lack of notability, failure to meet WP:NARTIST and significant WP:PROMO. No significant exhibitions, and the only evidence of works in a permanent collection is the statement that his delightful paintings have been placed on permanent display in various pizzerias which doesn't qualify as a notable museum or national gallery. This highly promotional COI entry has been heavily edited by the artist and his partner based on the first-person prose, and the user name "Atelier ZoooooZ" (ZoooooZ is the artist's moniker). Statements point to self-promotion such as: As artists, we know only too well that an original, handmade, genuine work of art is a lifelong dream for many people...But that's exactly why we, Mumzy Maria Uberstein and Zoooooz Roland Zulehner, have launched a special campaign. and The artwork is simultaneously used as advertising as part of the campaign and Because even as artists we have to make a living and can't give everything away., etc.. Most of the article consists of unsourced puffery, and an excessive number of images uploaded by the artist, WP:NOTWEBHOST. Appears to also fail WP:GNG, as most of the citations are sourced to Facebook, pay-to-play publications, and user-submitted content. Even if reliable sources could be found, the article would qualify for WP:TNT. Netherzone (talk) 14:54, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  It also appears that the artist, who is also the creator of the article, goes by two WP user names: User:Atelier ZoooooZ which is a shared account with his artistic partner (as per a discussion on Commons, and their Commons user page); and also by User:Beweinding who created this article and states on their user page that they are Roland Zulehner. Not sure if that is relevant to this AfD, but wanted to point this out. Netherzone (talk) 19:45, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Fails WP:NARTIST. I am not finding any reliable sourcing for the claims made in the article. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 02:41, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per WP:NARTIST and WP:PROMO. --jergen (talk) 08:33, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• A truly elaborate portrayal of encyclopedic irrelevance. RAL1028 (talk) 11:37, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I found this article highly entertaining, as it reaches new heights of irrelevance. I laughed, I cried (of laughter), I cried some more (of laughter). Sentences like "The Arslan Kebap Restaurant is a place where cultures merge and form a community." should be kept for eternity, somewhere. Otherwise delete. 95.90.127.86 (talk) 16:37, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support to avoid a speedy close and give the artist time to copy the article if he hasn't done so already. He has put in a great deal of time and design effort to put the page together, just hasn't fully understood how Wikipedia works. It is an encyclopedia, which means no editorializing and must be sourced to reputable sources and not blogs and Facebook links. To Roland, what do you think are the best sources? Have enjoyed the photos of your work. A nice try in writing and illustrating a page, likely just missed the mark of it being an encyclopedic approach to summarizing notable artistic creations. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:46, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I would like to add that this elaborate biography sounds like a creation of Chat Gtp. Unable to find sources establishing notability. Hermann Heilner Giebenrath (talk) 13:16, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If Wikipedia will have a new article about Roland, pls keep in mind that he is more of an entertainer than a contemporary artist. He once wrote a book (Ich geh eins trinken) about having a drink. Yes, that's all there was, a whole book where Roland describes in great lenghts how one picks a bar, orders a drink. Even how to drink drinks. Best book ever. Also he wrote a book about how to get rich with Facebook. Two months later he wrote a book about why one should delete his or hers Facebook account. All his books were very entertaining, very funny to read. 95.90.183.207 (talk) 20:53, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And all were selfpublished. 95.90.127.86 (talk) 10:18, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kingsway High School (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Article is sourced to the school's website. Lacks independent sourcing. Fails WP:ORG/WP:GNG.4meter4 (talk) 00:30, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete Fails WP:NSCHOOL. LibStar (talk) 12:13, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

University of the Witwatersrand School of Architecture & Planning (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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I don't see why this school of a university needs its own article. All the sources from the university's website, so basically it's repeating information easily found on the web. It needs third party coverage which is lacking. Fails WP:ORG LibStar (talk) 04:10, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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@LibStar, it sounds like you're judging the article on the basis of its current version, which goes against Wikipedia:Notability#Article content does not determine notability. Did you consider Wikipedia:Merging it to the main university article? WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:52, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are there third party sources out there that meet WP:ORG? LibStar (talk) 00:06, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I searched [Witwatersrand "School of Architecture & Planning" -wikipedia] in google news and it didn't reveal much useful. Google books is full of 1 line mentions. LibStar (talk) 00:47, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Is there any support for a Merge and what would be the target article?
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• Merge. Largely agree with nom. A cursory search for sources reveals nothing nearing making a separate article for this division of the university. Not too different from the architecture faculties of other similar universities in Australia.  GuardianH  19:40, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also check the list at WP:PRODSUM

North-eastern black rhinoceros (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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The page is lacking a lot of information on the subspecies, such as taxonomy, behaviour, and reasons for extinction, and both sources are either low quality or lead to dead websites. The page for the nominate species already lists it under the list of subspecies section as well. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 02:11, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep. In general, articles about extinct species should be kept especially if the extinction was a result of human activity. However, the photo should be replaced to show white people hunting the animals. As far as sourcing, I think this could be improved. Coresly (talk) 03:33, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Not every single extinct species has a page. For example, the Chobe black rhinoceros (D. b chobiensis) and the Moroccan Arabian bustard (A. a. lynsei), In terms of sourcing, there is not much in terms of online sources besides that recently extinct animal database, which is also lacking. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 06:05, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete While we do tend to keep articles on extinct species in extant genera (see recent clarification at Wikiproject:Paleo, as I myself wasn't too clear on that), we rarely have articles for even living subspecies - they are generally treated at the species page. In this case, the listing at Black rhinoceros seems entirely sufficient. Maybe port over the image if that's desired. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:35, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Delete I agree with this. Plus, at least the subspecies and distinct population pages like Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker and South China tiger are decently written with more content than two sentences. The IUCN status on the north-eastern black rhinoceros page is not even sourced. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 21:54, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  you cannot vote twice FuzzyMagma (talk) 20:15, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Black Rhinoceros. While there are scientific papers mentioning the NE Black Rhino that should be referenced, I don't think anything is gained by having a separate article. [61] [62] --Spacepine (talk) 00:01, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per above, this information can be included in the species article. SilverTiger12 (talk) 00:55, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The north-eastern black rhinoceros is already listed on the black rhinoceros page with the same text as the current individual page. Can you link the scientific papers discussing the subspecies? Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 19:08, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Edelgardvonhresvelg: the links [63][64] were in my not vote. I think the maps in those papers of the extinct subspecies (not just NE) range are of interest, but you're right, the text is already covered. --Spacepine (talk) 03:06, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Black rhinoceros per above. --cyclopia^speak! 10:07, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Coresly

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So, what is the final consensus for this article? Two keeps, two deletes, and two merges. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 05:49, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the interest of getting something done, merging the additional cites to the listing in the species article would be uncontroversial IMO. We can use extra references but we can not use an extra article. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:22, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that the references on the NE black rhino page are poor quality or dead. However, the references provided here by @Spacepine can be applied to its listing in the subspecies section for the black rhinoceros. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 04:26, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to species. Subject may or may not be notable, but until this is more than a two sentence stub it is much better covered within the context of the broader species article. As far as I can tell, basically all the important information in the stub is already in the parent article. Rusalkii (talk) 22:02, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Busisa Moyo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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While the sources here look good on paper, almost all of this coverage seems to be of a WP:ROUTINE nature, and often coming from sources that do not take responsibility for the articles written. Allan Nonymous (talk) 15:25, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: Fails WP:GNG or WP:BASIC. Sources are either unreliable, fails WP:INDEPENDENT or WP:DOGBITESMAN. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 18:56, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Zimbabwe 'A' Level Top 100 Schools 2014 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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WP:NOTSTATS, does not meet WP:NLIST. it's lio! | talk | work 10:26, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete. per nom Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 11:38, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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• Delete per WP:NOTSTATS (the source does not appear reliable either) jolielover♥talk 16:54, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Can't find similar articles for any other country. NavjotSR (talk) 05:23, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]