Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arkorful

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The result was delete. Sandstein 06:50, 29 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Arkorful[edit]

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This is not a notable surname per WP:APONOTE as there aren't at least two notable people with the name. APONOTE also mentions that a properly sourced name article may still be notable without a list. However, there is not a source in sight to verify any of the information provided in the article. -- Tavix ^(talk) 18:11, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:49, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ghana-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:49, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep. Surnames should be notable, but this one comes from a part of the world where scholarly documentation of cultural issues is hard to come by. I think that we should cut this one more slack than usual. Jeremiah Arkorful is a footballer who was deleted as NN, but I believe has since met WP:NFOOTY and I have asked for it to be restored at DRV. That means one more notable person will get this past APONOTE. We also have several notable people (and a horse) named Arko which, according to this article, is a variant of the name, so perhaps a merge would be in order if it can't be kept standalone. SpinningSpark 10:12, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There is no content with any reliable source. If Jeremiah Arkorful is restored, this can become a redirect from surname. If articles on other individuals are ever created, this can become a surname list. older ≠ wiser 10:59, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ad Orientem (talk) 03:37, 21 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The article has no citations to reliable sources, or any sources at all. I found no discussions of this surname in reliable sources. In Google Scholar I found a number of authors with this last name, as well as a few mentions of people who possessed this surname, but I found no mention of it qua surname. There were no such mentions in Google Books (absent Wikipedia material). If the author Alvrey had a source we are unlikely to extract it from him/her as this basically single purpose account has been inactive since March 2012. --Bejnar (talk) 18:11, 24 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete articles need to contain content verifiable from reliable sources. Bejnar has shown there is no easily accesible content that supports the assertions in the article. Short of that we have no reason to have the article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:00, 28 June 2017 (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.