Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeannette D. Ahonsou

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The result was keep. Cirt (talk) 12:22, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jeannette D. Ahonsou[edit]

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I can't find significant coverage for this author and I can't find anything that shows that Literary Prize France-Togo is a major award. Joe Chill (talk) 01:15, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I added two references from scholarly web sites, plus bibliographic information about her two novels. Female authors from Togo is a tiny category, with one source listing only 10 names [1] so notability is straightforward (and this probably points to a whole set of articles that should be improved and better referenced). Edward Vielmetti (talk) 06:28, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

An editor from an IP address removed the AfD on that page; I restored it until this discussion is properly closed. Edward Vielmetti (talk) 07:37, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete There is no significant reliable,published secondary source material on the subject. A one or two line biographical entry in a review of her book is not significant. As notability is defined for Wikipedia purposes, it just may be that some countries have no authors who meet the threshold. By the way a detailed search in Lexis/Nexis News, including non-English sources, did not turn up any articles about her or the "Prix France-Togo". Maybe the prize has another name. --Bejnar (talk) 19:03, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. There's some more coverage of the subject here and confirmation of her prize here. I must say that I consider the idea that there may be no notable authors in a country with a population of 6.7 million breathtaking, to say the least. Are we supposed to believe that the inhabitants of Togo are all illiterate uncivilised cannibals who live in mud huts? Phil Bridger (talk) 22:17, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, there isn't reliable secondary coverage there, there is a book blurb there. There may be 6.7 million perfectly erudite people in Togo, but they haven't made an impression on the outside world. It is not about a country having an entitlement to a certain number of article slots, it is about whether the notability guidelines are met, they are not. --Bejnar (talk) 06:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per sources and improvement.--TM 22:35, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

CommentStill no significant reliable,published secondary source material on the subject. --Bejnar (talk) 06:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 00:36, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:19, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep per Edward Vielmetti. LotLE×talk 19:40, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's borderline, but I'm going to say that being awarded the Prix Littéraire France-Togo qualifies as winning "significant critical attention" for the purposes of WP:AUTHOR 4.(c). Wine Guy~Talk 07:36, 8 February 2010 (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.