Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laila Alawa


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The result was delete. None of the "keep" !votes is very convincing. All academics publish and a smattering of citations is to be expected. No evidence is provided that this individual rises above the mean. Randykitty (talk) 16:07, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Laila Alawa

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Hopelessly promotional bio of non-notable "thought leader" -- I have yet to see a non-promotional biography using that description in the lede (I decided to check my impression on a sample of 10. I intend to rewrite 2 who are significantly notable, and list the other 8 at afd--or csd.). No significant writings, barely notable company. References ae either promotional PR interviews or placements of a list. d  DGG ( talk ) 10:05, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete as the objective notability of the individual does not appear to warrant an article. Geoff NoNick (talk) 12:02, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep as the individual has worked with organizations to increase diversity and representation, run studies that are widely cited within the academic psychology space, and has both been in the public and private sector - her work and self has been included/featured in multiple mass media platforms. As a new(ish) editor, I may have contributed to the language issues in the article, and will strengthen sources + rewrite article sections for your review. Arewethereyetmom (talk) 7:00, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia. You may find it useful to Your first article and WP:SIGCOV.E.M.Gregory (talk) 00:50, 31 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete WP:PROMO. Hype inflated by Citation overkill. E.M.Gregory (talk) 20:36, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Individual worked with the US State Department on Countering Violent Extremism (https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/HSAC/HSAC%20CVE%20Final%20Interim%20Report%20June%209%202016%20508%20compliant.pdf), and their involvement has been attacked via academic journals (https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1zxxxzp) and books (https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1483581683), which warranted Snopes entry (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/laila-alawa-and-the-department-of-homeland-security/). Notability in academic spaces includes work inclusion in textbook (https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1351045296), research cited in more than 50 studies (see: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/citedby/10.1177/0361684315622645#top-content-scroll). Per above user's concern on links, extra citations can be removed easily. Decolonizingyourmind (talk) 21:15, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia. You may find it useful to Your first article and WP:SIGCOV. My concern is that the publications you mention are not even close to meeting WP:SIGCOV.E.M.Gregory (talk) 00:46, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the welcome - long-time user, here to do what I can to support this amazing resource. I've read through both of the posts, which I appreciate your sharing. I respect your thoughts re: publication significance, but would ask what threshhold we're holding significance to, considering that the subject has published original research in academic journals (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0361684315622645), which have been cited dozens of times. On top of that, her involvement with the DHS (again, report linked above) incurred features by news publications (CNN: https://money.cnn.com/2016/06/19/technology/laila-alawa-trolling/index.html, Mediaite: https://www.mediaite.com/online/exclusive-homeland-security-panelist-accused-by-daily-caller-of-celebrating-911-speaks-to-mediaite/, The Hill: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/284263-hate-tweets-flood-muslim-woman-who-helped-dhs) as well as a US State Representative on the Hill (https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2016/6/16/house-section/article/H3959-1). I do agree that removing unnecessary fluff (much of which is now gone) and unnecessary links is needed. Still stand on keeping the article. Decolonizingyourmind (talk) 1:15, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Under what name were you a "long-time user"? I ask because .  I do see that this is your first article creation . E.M.Gregory (talk) 16:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Publishing an article in an academic journals does not create notability unless there is evidence that the work had an impact on the field.E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:24, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Ah - apologies. I meant long-time user in terms of having used Wikipedia for years as a passive consumer of the content, absolutely not as an editor! With regards to the academic journal publication, the study has had a measurable impact on the field of women and leadership in the sciences in the psychology space. More than 50 studies around the world have used the research (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0361684315622645) in looking at everything from the problem of gender inequalities in STEM (https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/JARHE-07-2018-0127) to the role of gender in hiring bias (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12147-018-9228-y). Decolonizingyourmind (talk) 22:15, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Little evidence of achievement. Promotional blurb and commercial advertising. Xxanthippe (talk) 12:08, 2 June 2019 (UTC).
 * Keep. Article needs rewrite WP:BB, which I am working on now. Subject falls under WP:CREATIVE along with academic research. Founder of international media outlet, has been cited in multiple independent sources on said-work. Criteria as noted by above Wiki editor could then be applied to multiple biographies on WP about entrepreneurs & young founders, while this article’s original nomination for deletion focused on the promotional tone of content. In full disclosure, I contributed towards that tone, but have spent hours studying the above editors’ contributions, and am using their approach to remove any promo tone/lay out subject’s work & achievements in research, entrepreneurship & government work. (Accidentally copied a signature template not realizing I didn’t change it to my username, sorry.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by ReadAWomansBook (talk • contribs)  — ReadAWomansBook (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


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