Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nanjala Nyabola

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Rollidan (talk) 19:23, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nanjala Nyabola[edit]

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Résumé-toned WP:BLP of a writer and activist, whose claims of notability are not reliably sourced. The footnotes here are entirely to primary sources, such as pieces of her own writing being used to metaverify its own existence, audio clips of her speaking in podcasts, and a press release announcing a speaking engagement, with not even one source representing any sort of reliable source coverage. You do not make a writer notable by citing her writing to itself as verification that it exists; you make a writer notable by citing her writing to other people producing media coverage about her writing, such as news articles about her, critical analysis of the writing in book reviews, and on and so forth — and you don't make a person notable as a public speaker by referencing it to audio or video clips of her speeches, you make a person notable as a public speaker by referencing it to journalism being done by other people about her speeches. People are not automatically entitled to have Wikipedia articles just because their work verifies its own existence: people earn Wikipedia articles by becoming the subject of media coverage. Bearcat (talk) 18:58, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:58, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kenya-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 18:58, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. CThomas³ (talk) 05:27, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep More citations have been added, and the situation described in the nomination no longer applies. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:43, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep book reviews carry her past WP:AUTHOR.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:52, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep additional citation of her work in the Financial Times added. The style and structure of the article could be improved through normal editing.Moira Paul (talk) 21:36, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Extra citations carry article over WP:GNG and WP:Author. Nom no longer applies. Stinglehammer (talk) 15:25, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep SNOW? Too early I guess except for the nominator Victuallers (talk) 16:50, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Seems reasonably referenced and certainly notable. I get the impression that this writer is not about to disappear into obscurity. Poltair (talk) 18:54, 17 July 2019 (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.