Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bokani Soko


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The result was keep and cleanup. Daniel (talk) 21:37, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Bokani Soko

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Fails WP:NBIO. Kleinpecan (talk) 22:14, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Kleinpecan (talk) 22:14, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:34, 1 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep This is an interesting one. The article has been around for a few years and for most of that time it has had sources. A week ago these were removed by . Until earlier this year the article appeared to be about someone whose notability, as a lawyer, looked doubtful. However a search shows that in the last few years Mr Soko has made a major career change and is now unquestionably notable as a close associate of the Zambian President who is being named in major corruption scandals (see 1, 2 and 3) so I think the recent rewrite and removal of sources is part of a piece of reputation laundering designed to give the subject a ‘clean’ high-ranking Google hit. Mccapra (talk) 03:02, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, but needs a rewrite. Per the sources cited by above, it looks like he could be notable, but I would like to see some more in-depth sources on the man himself to demonstrate he meets WP:GNG. PohranicniStraze (talk) 18:02, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment I see 1, 2, and 3. Mccapra (talk) 18:38, 7 July 2021 (UTC)


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