Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akan Okon

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The result was delete. Tone 14:32, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Akan Okon[edit]

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Promotional article from a now blocked sock. Subject does not appear to be notable enough, and cannot find any in-depth independent coverage. Edwardx (talk) 00:58, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 02:12, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 02:12, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. I don't have many strong feelings on this AfD, but for other voters: nearly all the news hits I can find on Okon are solely because he is often the spokesperson being quoted in the article. As such, the articles are not 'about' him and should probably not count for much wrt notability. The other two sources^[1]^[2] that came up with a quick search don't seem to be from particularly reliable sources, though that may just be my lack of familiarity with Nigerian news sources. Gilded Snail (talk) 03:43, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://calabarreporters.com/28560/akan-okon-bags-award
^ https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/272060/harnessing-the-potentials-of-aviation-in-akwa-ibom-the-ta.html

Delete. "Commissioner for Housing and Special Duties" could get him over WP:NPOL if he could be referenced much better than this — but the references here are his primary source profile on the government's own website, two glancing namechecks of his existence in routine lists of everybody who got government appointments at the same time as him, and one short blurb about him announcing a government policy. These are not sources about him for the purposes of making him notable enough for an encyclopedia article. Bearcat (talk) 04:03, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] ttps://calabarreporters.com/28560/akan-okon-bags-award

[2] ttps://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/272060/harnessing-the-potentials-of-aviation-in-akwa-ibom-the-ta.html

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