Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amal Fashanu


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The result was keep. RL0919 (talk) 23:39, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

Amal Fashanu

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WP:BLP of an activist and clothing designer, not properly referenced as passing WP:GNG for either endeavour. As always, people do not get an automatic inclusion freebie just because they exist as businesspeople or activists or journalists -- the notability test is not just what the article says, but how well the things it says can be referenced to media coverage about her. But of the seven footnotes here, five are primary sources that are not support for notability at all -- and the only two that actually represent real journalism in media outlets just glancingly namecheck her existence in the process of being about other things, which means they aren't about her for the purposes of establishing her notability. Further, this was created by an WP:SPA whose username was "AF-Assist", suggesting a likely conflict of interest by either the subject herself or a friend or employee. Nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt her from having to be much better referenced than this. Bearcat (talk) 15:23, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 15:23, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep - She passes general notability guidelines. Get past the click-baity titles of some of these, and these articles are about the subject and her work.
 * "Justin Fashanu's niece 'disheartened' as The Gay Footballer Twitter account is deleted" from Sky News
 * "Amal Fashanu: «No hay que juzgar a un jugador por su homosexualidad»" (in Spanish) from ''La Razón
 * "Amal Fashanu claims to know of seven gay Premier League players from The Independent
 * "Amal Fashanu On What's Gone Wrong With Footballers And Sex" from Grazia
 * "Who is Amal Fashanu?" from Radio Times
 * "Amal Fashanu: Gay footballers should be supported" from Sky News (video)
 * "Justin Fashanu’s niece supports anti-homophobia campaign" from PinkNews

And we also have a few gos papers, but, hey, it's something.
 * "Amal Fashanu: My dad regrets what he said about Justin’s suicide" from Metro
 * "HOT FASH Wimbledon legend John Fashanu hosted Deal or No Deal in Nigeria but his talented daughter Amal now takes centre stage" from The Sun
 * "Amal Fashanu: Professional footballers will not discuss homophobia" from Channel 5
 * "Justin Fashanu's niece Amal hopes gay footballer Twitter account isn't a hoax" from Sky News

I will drop them on the talk page of her article. Missvain (talk) 00:59, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep, passes GNG. Also seems wrong to even think of deleting when Justin Fashanu has an article. Gleeanon409 (talk) 09:29, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 20:45, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I didn't know who he was until I looked at her article (he's not a public figure in the US) and he got a few eyerolls and groans out of me... Missvain (talk) 22:52, 17 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep - meets GNG. GiantSnowman 20:47, 15 January 2020 (UTC)


 * 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.