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The result was delete. There are assertions that this passes GNG, but nobody's provided WP:RS which haven't been refuted. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:32, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ademuyiwa Adebola[edit]

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Biography of a non notable blogger who has won what appears to be a non-notable award. We don’t have in-depth coverage in multiple reliable independent sources. Mccapra (talk) 08:12, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 08:12, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 08:12, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 08:12, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete can't find anything that suggests notability --Devokewater@ 09:13, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep subject is notable in its locality for children's advocacy work and a state coordinator for the location's President online media advocacy, asides blogging. Award is notable in the locality and has been consistent for 4 years. Kindly suggest other improvements to article other than deletion tags, as author (myself) is a strong supporter of Wikpedia standards. 2dmaxo (talk) 10:00, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment @2dmaxo: in this article you’ve cited Twitter, which isn’t acceptable as a source. You’ve cited various pieces written by the article subject (blogs, portfolio) and a couple of the sources you’ve used won’t open for me at all. Which do you think are the sources which show the best in depth coverage of this subject, written independently of him in a reliable source such as a bylined article in a national newspaper? Thanks Mccapra (talk) 12:47, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment @Mccapra: the Twitter links will be removed after my response here and be replaced with acceptable references. However, if you can spare the time, its usage for reference #3 was explained on the article's talk page and #5 was to add depth to references #4 and #6. I have gone through the 23 references cited (including the 2 of Twitter) and they are all active. References #7 (Vanguard Newspapers is a reputable national print and online resource) and #20 (TheCable is a reputable national online news resource) covered subject's advocacy works. Thanks! 2dmaxo (talk) 23:08, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Thanks I’ll look at the references again today. Mccapra (talk) 05:31, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment going through the sources in detail this is what I have:
1 – is not about the article subject
2- shows that he won a non-notable award
3- twitter link confirming that the subject has been appointed Lagos State coordinator for the Buhari New Media Center. This appointment is an ordinary media job and does not confer notability.
4-confirms that he is one of a number of people who survived a bomb blast. Does not confer notability.
5-the subject’s own twitter account, confirming that he survived the bomb blast
6-isn’t about the subject and doesn’t mention him
7-A piece in Vanguard which contributes to notability
8-is an opinion piece authored by the subject. You could argue that the fact he was invited to write it indicates that he must have notability, but all we have here is his opinions, not independent comment on his opinions.
9,10,11,12,13,14 are blogs written by the subject
15 and 16 are about his own writing, not independent comment on him
17 – repeats 3
18,19 confirm that the subject was the public relations officer for the Better Nigeria Youth Forum. This does not make him notable.
20, 21 are clearly a press release written by the subject himself
22 another promotional piece
23 is the subject’s own portfolio website
So overall a great effort at promoting the subject, but apart from a single piece that helps a bit with notability, it's all PR, trivia, and the subject's own material. Mccapra (talk) 04:42, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Hello @Mccapra: thanks for taking time off to go through the references. I am relieved they opened. Do permit me to correct your impression of 'non-notable award' and 'ordinary media job'. PALEC Awards is notable in Nigeria in the sector it focuses on, and if you require an extensive list of past winners in their categories, I will share with you. Lagos State is the most important state in Nigeria, and being the coordinator of a Presidential media centre is beyond 'ordinary media job' and has serious political undertones as I explained on the subject's talk page. However, article is focused on subject's children advocacy which is rarely covered in Nigeria's Wikipedia and my contribution is to promote subjects that are notable in my local communities so local readers can search and read of them as Wikipedia's importance and usage grows in Africa. If it is permissible at this stage, do allow I work on the references you cited as trivia. Thanks,once again! 2dmaxo (talk) 06:14, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
If you can improve the references during this discussion that’s great. I’m not spending any more time on this however. All the best Mccapra (talk) 06:20, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Hello @Mccapra: Forgive my late reply as I had been off internet access area for some days due to work. Okay, I would work on the references. Thanks and kind regards. 2dmaxo (talk) 08:32, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: I'm not seeing significant coverage of the subject in reliable sources, and suggest to 2dmaxo that adding any more sources that do not provide it would be a waste of time all around. Ravenswing 16:04, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Hello Ravenswing subject is notable in its locality for children's advocacy work and a state coordinator for the location's President online media advocacy, asides blogging. Award is notable in the locality and has been consistent for 4 years. Significant coverage can be seen on reference # 2 and 9. (Do note I edited the reference list after initial conversation with Mccapra. However, my limited access to internet limits further work on the subject. I would work on it further in a week's time. 2dmaxo (talk) 18:13, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment @2dmaxo: you can’t !vote twice. You can comment as many times as you like but you only get one ‘keep’ vote. Can you please amend your ‘keep’ to ‘comment’ thanks. Mccapra (talk) 18:32, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Hello Mccapra, amended! Do forgive the honest mistake! Thanks 2dmaxo (talk) 21:46, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Would probably be helpful to hear from some new editors.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 02:13, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
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