Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Freeman Osonuga (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn (non-admin closure)  M h hossein   talk 12:40, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Freeman Osonuga
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This had no consensus a month ago. The individual claims to have received a number of awards, but it is not clear which are real, or what are the actual accomplishments. The internationally important Award claimed in the article is false. He was not named Time person of the year in 2014. A unspecified group of people, several 100 of them, were named "Person" of the year for their practical work in fighting Ebola. 3 or 4 of them were named in the magazine story's film on the web, which is the specified reference. he was not one of them. He might be one of those named in th print issue but that doesn;t make him Person of the year,

He has been named as a finalst for a spacetrip. He'll be notable, but only if he is actually selected and goes. He received several national awards, but I do not know how distinctive they are. He founded an advertising network. He was named on a list of influential people, among 100 other people some of whom are actually influential.

This is pure PR, which is bad enough, and reason for deletion. But it is also PR based on dubious claims, which is certainly reason for deletion, and, I would say, salting as well  DGG ( talk ) 21:33, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 21:37, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 21:37, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 21:37, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep Per WP:ANYBIO the Sierra Leone meritorious award is one of the prestigious award in the country. I always like to apply WP:IGNORE sometimes especially to articles that appear harmless to its reader, his achievement could be a motivation to the indigent Nigerian--Brain7days (talk) 20:36, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: As opined in the first AFD, subject clearly meet WP:GNG and WP:BASIC to deserve inclusion.. Having been significantly covered by multiple independent reliable secondary sources which include The Wired UK, The Guardian, Bussinessday, Vanguard Newspaper, Quartz Africa, ATQ News and recently selected as one of the Nigeria’s Top 10 Real Estate Disruptors of 2020 according to Vanguard and ThisDay. The "space travel" thing again is only a tiny part of his biography and almost insignificant to the subject's notability. Kaizenify (talk) 12:20, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 14:07, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - The sourcing available, especially as documented by, demonstrates that the notability standard has been met. Issues with questionable awards and accomplishments should be addressed by editing the article or discussing on the talk page. Alansohn (talk) 15:15, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Withdraw I continue to disagree, but the consenseus is against me.  DGG ( talk ) 01:53, 21 July 2020 (UTC)


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