Talk:Nimco Ali

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Spelling of Name
Ali's new book is under the name Nimko rather than Nimco … I did check to confirm it is the same person. (e.g. see Nimco's Twitter account)

Which university did she attend?
Her university in ‘almamater’ is the University of Bristol, whereas in her ‘personal life’ section it says the University of West England, Bristol. These are two different universities. Which one is it? Do we have evidence? Edwardaves (talk) 17:37, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Just came across her name elsewhere and looked it up here. Did she complete any kind of formal education? 2003:E4:4701:168:7149:F7DA:B455:AB58 (talk) 08:18, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

I think I've just spent almost an hour trying to find a reliable reference to where she may/or may not have been to university. (As I write, the article says UWE.) The existing reference in "Early Life" states UWE, but the actually source says Bristol Universirty. But I can't find anything to support Bristol reliably (BBC is reliable, but the source is actually radio which there's no audio file). She even spoke at an event at Bristol in 2017, but her bio didn't mention being alumni, which seems a bit likely if she had attended that university. I can't find anything that supports UWE. In general, I've tried just about every permutation of search critieria to find something, anything that might be reliable (rather than the inevitable round-and-round Wikipedia based pseudo news sites). But I think the one page that really makes me wonder is her invitation to be a Visiting Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge in 2021. She was one of 16 fellows announced for 2021, but I noticed that in almost all the mini-bios the other Fellows invariably state their respective undergraduate and/or gradute institutions. This seems pretty apporpraite bio information for such a role at a university. But nothing is mentioned within Nimco Ali's mini-bio. This was a bit of strong indication that maybe she didn't actually go to university, or maybe dropped out. I don't know. I've got a feeling she probably did go to university, but feelings don't matter in Wikipedia. Therefore I'm going to remove any mention of university from her article leaving this very long and maybe unnecessarily detailed insight into my research.Seaweed (talk) 21:31, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I found a source for Bristol University, using the "Nimko Ali" spelling of her name, and have added this in. (It doesn't state whether she actually graduated.) Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:03, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah, good discovery. I've still find it strange why the various (albeit variable) quality mentions of her university vary or are omitted. One of those things I suppose.Seaweed (talk) 18:53, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I've found a video interview with Nimco Ali were she actually says "I'd gone to Bristol, got a law degree". That's good enough for me. I've added that Youtube reference.Seaweed (talk) 13:42, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Carrie Symonds' friend Nimco Ali given Home Office role without it being advertised

 * https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/05/carrie-symonds-close-friend-nimco-ali-given-350-a-day-government-role
 * https://www.thenational.scot/news/18923279.carrie-symondss-best-friend-nimco-ali-given-350-a-day-uk-government-role/

John Cummings (talk) 21:11, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Friend and godparent
That Ali is a friend / close friend / even "best friend" of Carrie Johnson and godmother to her son is supported by a reliable third-party source citation (Telegraph) and a quick search finds other RSs (inc. I, The Independent, ITV, The Times, The Guardian). The friend and godmother was included at the time of the Good Article review in January (when the citation was Tatler).

Against this is an unsourced assertion.

I will reinstate. Nedrutland (talk) 08:17, 23 December 2022 (UTC)


 * It is not an unsourced assertion. It is the subject's own words in a TV interview, when questioned about her friendship with the Johnson's she replied that one should not believe everything one reads in the papers. Just because we list something as a RS, that does not mean everything in it is true, and in this instance we have the subject of the article herself explicitly describing it as unreliable.  NA is the only reliable source on who NA considers as her friends, and Wikipedia should not be propagating worthless gossip. Kevin McE (talk) 12:48, 23 December 2022 (UTC)