Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ken Mbiuki


 * 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. Not notable.  K rakatoa    K atie   04:12, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Ken Mbiuki

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Unremarkable person - only real claim of notability is being the brother of someone notable, and owning a business. Google search on "Ken Mbiuki" shows only 31 unique results - mostly social media links or passing mentions. MikeWazowski (talk) 22:28, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 22:35, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kenya-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 22:35, 25 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Contesting Deletion The sources for the article indicate that the article's subject merits importance all on his own. Mr. Ken Mbiuki's interview in a national Kenyan newspaper attaches some import to the article about him.Thuralt (talk) 05:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable businessman. The one rather minor piece of coverage in a newspaper does not establish notability. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:19, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. The subject's claim of importance has been rather understated above, as he is the founder of an accredited degree-level college. Here's another source with some coverage. The best solution would seem to me to be to create an article about Zetech College, which would cover Mbiuki's role, and to redirect this title there. I'll try to get around to creating that article before the conclusion of this discussion. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:14, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I dont know whether there have been earnest efforts to research the article as there seems to be more verifiable sources such as this Daily Nation article from which the source quoted by Phil Bridger seems to have been derived. It is another national newspaper article about Ken Mbiuki and his business, Zetech college. I fail to see how two different national newspaper articles about the same individual could possibly be deemed as "minor". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thuralt (talk • contribs) 19:02, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Because those are only two sources so far that mention anything about Mbiuki at all. They do not assert nor imply any particular significance to his achievements or person. --The Fifth Horseman (talk) 22:25, 26 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Mbiuki's only claim to notability so far appears to be the foundership of a potentially notable institution (Zetech College), which also appears to have received more coverage than the founder himself. WP:BLP1E and WP:AFDP both support this interpretation. If Zetech College is proven notable, that could in turn support Mbiuki's notability as the institution's founder. --The Fifth Horseman (talk) 22:25, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
 * As it turns out there are more than two sources that mention the subject: the allafrica and in2eastafrica articles, which, though, are derivations of the article's second source. This, essentially, proves notability as it seems Mbiuki has generated enough interest for his article to be duplicated twice on different websites.
 * Additionally, the only reason an individual would merit two national newspaper articles about himself and his business is because the individual is notable.Thuralt (talk) 03:42, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It's not Mbiuki that is their subject, but rather Zetech College itself. --The Fifth Horseman (talk) 10:43, 28 September 2011 (UTC)


 * The aforementioned external links, though about Zetech College, extensively mention the subject of the article, Ken Mbiuki. This compounded by the sources for the article, I imagine, adequately challenges the claim of obscurity brought against Mr. Mbiuki. Notability is subjective.Felixcoult (talk) 11:48, 30 September 2011 (UTC) — Felixcoult (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Delete. Non-notable as a businessman or educator. Smells like self-promotion. Niteshift36 (talk) 02:50, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
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