Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Nwoye

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. Though not struck through, the editor who remains the sole delete !vote is "fine" with keeping - and the nominator has effectively withdrawn this. (non-admin closure) Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:44, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Tony Nwoye[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG no in depth coverage that I can find. Theroadislong (talk) 22:13, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Did not exist on Nigeria Federal Assembly website from what I saw. That alone is enough to delete. If that can't be trusted, I don't trust anything else here. Almost tempted to believe this might fit under CSD-G3 due to that. South Nashua (talk) 19:04, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

South Nashua he's listed at the bottom of the first page of this document on that website, so certainly doesn't meet G3. Valenciano (talk) 11:42, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Valenciano: That document couldn't be opened. If he's a former member of parliament, that's fine. It didn't say "former" in the article. South Nashua (talk) 15:41, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep subject easily meets WP:POLITICIAN as a former member of the Nigerian parliament, which can be verified in sources which cover him in depth such as here or here. He gets considerable coverage of his background here and interviewed here as part of his defection to another party. I easily found lots of similar sources confirming him as a candidate for the governship of his state, for example this one. Valenciano (talk) 11:38, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I had dismissed those as blog posts. Theroadislong (talk) 12:59, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see why. I only see a single wordpress post there. This, in Vanguard, one of Nigeria's largest newspapers, is clearly covering him in detail, is not a blog and confirms that he's a member of the House of Representatives. He clearly does meet WP:GNG: "A topic is presumed to merit an article if it meets either ... or the criteria outlined in a subject-specific guideline listed in the box on the right." The guideline in question is people, under which there's WP:POLITICIAN which includes "members or former members of a national, state or provincial legislature." In this case, membership of the national legislature of the world's seventh most populous country passes that very clearly. Valenciano (talk) 16:32, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

OK I'm happy for you to make a non admin closure if you like. Theroadislong (talk) 16:36, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:BADNAC, I can't do that since I've commented here. Valenciano (talk) 07:35, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: The nominator has essentially withdrawn per a later comment, but a delete !vote remains in the discussion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:23, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 11:29, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 11:29, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Sourcing above indicates he meets WP:NPOL as a member or former member of a national legislature. AusLondonder (talk) 17:44, 6 April 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.