Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede


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The result was keep. Clear consensus that PROF criterion 6 is satisfied by subject being a VC. Not sure why page was moved during the AfD (non-admin closure) Nosebagbear (talk) 20:43, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede

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Subject does not qualify as notable under WP:ACADEMIC, references here either lack WP:INDEPENDENCE from the subject or are WP:ROUTINE coverage of him. A loose necktie (talk) 16:38, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Passes N:ACADEMIC by a wide margin as a head of Obafemi Awolowo University, one of the largest universities in Africa and premier institution in Nigeria. Two of the three references are independent, well-known newspapers. The third one is a university profile, so a primary source but even that, it's a reliable source itself as the community reaffirms in a recent RfC. So unfortunately, both your claims of not passing N:ACADEMIC and sources independence are all untrue. – Ammarpad (talk) 16:59, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:03, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:03, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. IntoThinAir (talk) 19:12, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Forgive me, but doesn't the article indicate that he is vice chancellor of the university, not its "head"? (WP:ACADEMIC only applies to highest-level elected officers—  is this meant to include vice-level officers?).  The article on the dental museum is about the museum— Mr. Ogunbodede is only quoted in it.  The article on him becoming vice chancellor is what I argue is routine coverage, since any appointment of a university vice chancellor will of course be covered in a newspaper somewhere (WP:ROUTINE is meant to address this exact kind of scenario).  I have no argument with the reference to the university website, since it is providing primary source information on the subject.  But the other references here don't look to me like they cut it.  Given these things, I don't understand why you express such overwhelming doubt about the deletion nomination.  If he were notable, wouldn't there be lots of obvious sources?  When all we get are a quote from the opening of a dental museum and an article announcing his appointment to a non-top-level administrative position, even at a major African university, doesn't that suggest some doubt?   A loose necktie (talk) 22:37, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
 * That shows you are fundamentally assuming something else incorrectly because of the presence of "vice" in the title. So let me clear it to you even though it looks paradoxical: A "vice-chancellor"? is the chief academic officer of a university in Commonwealth countries and the  highest-level position. It's a senior position to "chancellor" (without "vice-"!) and it's more than a named chair; which itself is an indicator of notability. I would advise you to do some basic checks on the terms you're underestimating as they might be used differently in environments other than yours. – Ammarpad (talk) 03:31, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree with everything Ammarpad has said except the bit about the vice-chancellor being a senior position to the chancellor. It's simply a different type of position, with the vice-chancellor being the highest-level elected or appointed administrative post, as described in WP:PROF, and the chancellor being a figurehead who makes a few speeches and hands over certificates at degree-awarding ceremonies. If I can make an analogy with UK politics the chancellor is like the monarch, and the vice-chancellor is like the prime minister. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:23, 9 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep. A clear pass of WP:PROF. Phil Bridger (talk) 07:09, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:PROF. He is also relatively well cited for an African academic, possibly enough for #C1. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:15, 9 June 2019 (UTC)


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