Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ǼLEX (2nd nomination)


 * 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 delete. Spartaz Humbug! 19:15, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

ǼLEX
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First AfD closed as "no consensus" after heavy involvement from a likely COI creator. One will note that some of the original "delete" votes were changed to "keep" following the contributions of one editor, but really all that editor had to say was "going by references online, they seem to be a top law firm in Nigeria"--there was no proof of top status. The awards don't appear to be very notable in their own right, and an editor's comment, "Please be informed that the way Nigerian media covers significant organizations is quite different from how it is done elsewhere", that's easily said and we can take their word for it, but that's not how Wikipedia works.

In other words: fails GNG, no evidence that it passes CORP, and the only claim to fame is that they are listed as "leading firm" (whatever that means) by Chambers and Partners--but this shows no evidence whatsoever of any kind of award, ranking, or assessment, and it rather reminds me of the corporate directory entries one finds in Forbes. Delete. Drmies (talk) 01:43, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. L3X1  ◊distænt write◊  01:56, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. L3X1  ◊distænt write◊  01:56, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. L3X1  ◊distænt write◊  01:56, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Szzuk (talk) 16:01, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete: does not meet WP:NCORP / WP:CORPDEPTH. Sourcing is of passing-mention / WP:SPIP variety. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:42, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep my vote is to keep because the firm is noted as only the second Nigerian firm to be awarded with the Who's Who Legal award as cited and reported in a National daily here. It is also cited by here that the firm is ranked by WhosWhoLegal and Legal500, who are renowned as two of the world's largest independent legal referral guides. It does meet WP:GNG / WP:NCORP. Sourcing is not of passing-mention, because there are entire articles in notable National dailies dedicated to the subject matter. The Who's Who Legal 100 Award is similar to Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of the Year listing in the legal profession, and this can be checked on several sources. Pastorflex (talk) 07:01, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   11:25, 14 April 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 14:33, 23 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete They have won notable awards but still lacks WP:CORPDEPTH and sources are just trivial mentions. And Notability is not fully met. Mredidiongekong (talk) 10:16, 24 April 2018 (UTC)


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