Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Americans in Kenya


 * 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. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:24, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Americans in Kenya

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Non-encyclopedic article. Not notable. No refs. Declined prod. GregJackP  Boomer!   18:45, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:14, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kenya-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:14, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:14, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

That's not fair, other articles have this same topic, but they don't get deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rtedb (talk • contribs) 19:05, 3 September 2013 (UTC) 
 * Delete. This article is almost devoid of information, and the only source provided does not appear to contain any historical or demographic information about the subject. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 18:46, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't think you mean that other articles have this same topic, but that they have comparable topics. However, the fact that we have articles about Mexicans of American descent and Americans in Cuba, among others, doesn't mean that "Americans in any country" will make a suitable article. There need to be reliable sources that discuss the American popularion of the other country, to justify such an article. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:41, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep in theory. Perhaps userfy? There are huge numbers of possible sources.  I'm just thinking, off my head, about Barack Obama's Dreams from my Father as one source; his American stepmother is discussed extensively therein.  There must be lots of sources online, too. Bearian (talk) 18:12, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 18:04, 8 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete To begin with the article incorrectly defines the issue. Americans in Kenya would first and foremost be American citizens living in Kenya. If all we have as a good source to hang this on is Obama's father's 3rd wife and her movement to Kenya, than it is not enough. What we need is a reliable source that has studied the migration of people from the United States to Kenya in a long term way. I imagine there were probably a few Americans among the white "British" settlers of Kenya for example. The article as it exists is not worth keeping.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:03, 14 September 2013 (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.