Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alaa Salah

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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) _pseudonym Jake Brockman ^talk 07:05, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Alaa Salah[edit]

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WP:TOOSOON, WP:NOTNEWS. This is a tough one. There certainly is a lot of media buzz about the individual. However, at this point, the Washington Post says they have not been able to identify the person. Alaraby says details about the person remain unknown as of 16 hours ago. Her identity is apparently based on a whatsapp exchange with Buzzfeed... This all seems too soon and rushed to be in line with verifiability and probably front-running notability. _pseudonym Jake Brockman ^talk 07:22, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. _pseudonym Jake Brockman ^talk 07:23, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. _pseudonym Jake Brockman ^talk 07:23, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. _pseudonym Jake Brockman ^talk 07:23, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Hi Jake Brockman,

As the original author of the article, I saw your comment and went back to search for evidence of her identity. In fact, you are right that The Washington Post noted they were unable to identify her and Alaraby said the person's details were unknown. However, searching further, I found that she was identified by at least two sources. Firstly, there is this article on MSN, which says that "The Washington Post could not confirm the woman’s identity, BuzzFeed and some Arabic-language news outlets have identified her as Alaa Salah, a 22-year-old engineering and architecture student (https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/world/why-this-viral-photo-is-becoming-a-symbol-of-womens-rights-protests-in-sudan/ar-BBVMVdi).

I also found another article, published by CNN, which says that the woman in the picture was identified by someone who caught her on video, and who identified himself to CNN as her friend. The friend is Ahmen Awad who also confirmed that he and Alaa went to the same college. (https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/09/africa/photo-woman-chanting-sudan-uprising-scli-intl/index.html).

Aside from these links, I believe that in having captured so much media attention, the article is worth having. Maybe what is needed more is more citation for additional verification as opposed to deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ObongiFrank (talk • contribs) 09:34, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, she meets notability standards and is very much in the headlines of a very hotbutton issue. At the very least, repurpose the article to be about her image. puggo (talk) 01:51, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment this is probably as much about the image as the person. I have removed the overly POV-written sections and restructured. There may be merit to have a separate discussion if this article should be about the person or about the image or if this should indeed be rolled/redirected into the main article about the protests. Closing AfD for now. _pseudonym Jake Brockman ^talk 07:05, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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