Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ismaila Alfa


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:44, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Ismaila Alfa

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WP:BLP of a local radio host, not adequately referenced as clearing our notability standards for broadcasters. I originally created this as a redirect to our article about the show he hosts, but it was then spun out two months later as a standalone BLP by an editor who's under suspicion of being a sockpuppet of a previously banned user -- and that editor used just three footnotes total, of which two come from the subject's own employer and thus aren't notability-making sources as they aren't independent of him, and having just one hit of third party coverage in any other source besides his own employer is not sufficient in and of itself to claim that he gets over WP:GNG. As always, local radio hosts do not get an "inherent" notability freebie just for existing as radio hosts -- he needs either a stronger notability claim (e.g. noteworthy awards or hosting a national show) or considerably more sourcing than this before he qualifies to have his own biographical article as a separate topic from the show. I'd just redirect this back to the show myself, but I'm not interested in getting into an editwar with the other editor (who's very likely to spark one if they are who they're suspected of being) without backup. Bearcat (talk) 00:16, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 00:16, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 00:16, 5 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete a non-notable local level radio host.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:40, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NJOURNALIST and WP:NMUSICIAN. As a journalist, he has not been recognised or cited by his peers. As a musician, his music has not charted in Canada and has not been certified. I wish I could say "keep" but I think this is a case of WP:TOOSOON. I found three sources with Google (excluding CBC, his employer):   but these do not confirm notability. JSTOR, Academic OneFile and ProQuest did not produce additional results. Canadian music charts did not provide any additional sources, either. Z1720 (talk) 20:17, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete: Barely found anything about her aside from her activities. ASTIG😎  (ICE T • ICE CUBE) 16:00, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Him, not her. Just FYI. Bearcat (talk) 16:56, 9 October 2020 (UTC)


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