Talk:Matthew Iduoriyekemwen

Draft: Matthew Iduoriyekemwen
Hi @Bkissin,

Thanks for taking the time out to review my draft on Matthew Iduoriyekemwen. You left the comment that "Should be notable as a member of a state legislature". Though this would be correct for a member of a state legislature in a western country, this a an article on a person who was a member of a state legislature between 1999 and 2007 in a third world country with minimal internet penetration within his time in state legislature. For context internet penetration in the year 2000 in Nigeria was 0.06% and in 2007 when he left office was 6.77% (Nigerian: internet penetration). This means generally information on notable people from Nigeria from that era is generally limited on the internet especially when they are part of subnational governments. I'd urge you to reconsider your review on this as it is quite difficult to gauge the notability of a sub national govt official from Nigeria active in early internet era. Hayfiz (talk) 08:47, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Draft: Matthew Iduoriyekemwen
Hi @Greenman,

Thanks for taking the time out to review my draft on Matthew Iduoriyekemwen. You left the comment that "Numerous statements are unsourced". I believe your review is unfair as this is an article on a person who was a member of a state legislature in a third world nation at a time of low internet penetration meaning there is naturally a limited number of online sources which can be referenced on the individual at this time. I believe it would be unfair to exclude significant information on the grounds that statements are unsourced seeing as it would end up providing barely an information on the individual to the user. Also, there are numerous articles on Wikipedia with many statements unsourced. For context internet penetration in the year 2000 in Nigeria was 0.06% and in 2007 when he left office was 6.77% (Nigerian: internet penetration). This means generally information on notable people from Nigeria from that era is generally limited on the internet especially when they are part of subnational governments. I'd urge you to reconsider your review on this as it is quite difficult to gauge the notability of a sub national govt official from Nigeria active in early internet era.

However if you still disagree, could you please point me to the statements you believe absolutely require an online source to have them removed from the article. I do think this takes away the benefit of the article as should any information on the article be contested, future readers will be welcome to edit the page and counter accordingly Hayfiz (talk) 09:07, 27 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi : Wikipedia policy is very clear on sources requiring statements, especially when is comes to living people (WP:BLP), which I think is a very sensible policy. The question is not about internet penetration, it's about where the information came from. If you can't say, and it can't be verified, it doesn't belong in the article. I'm sure you can agree that further edits, such as by political rivals adding misinformation, should also be rejected if they are unsourced. Greenman (talk) 09:57, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Greenman, thanks for getting back to me. I do see your point, I’ve removed some of the unattributed statements now. Would you be able to review again? Hayfiz (talk) 19:42, 27 January 2023 (UTC)