Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mai Atafo


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The result was keep. Deor (talk) 12:57, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Mai Atafo

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Fails WP:BIO, WP:CREATIVE. Reads like a puff piece. Only been on the go for 5 years. Minor fashionista tailor starting out, just out of training.

Also does not appear in any of these lists, where most of Africa's leading seem to be appear. [] [] (Ozwald Boateng is on this list, indicates the list is notable) []

Can't seem to identify him outside of ref's which are mostly advertising. scope_creep talk ) 12:54, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Right - at first I was going to say delete, mainly because his website couldn't be located, and what I saw at www.weddingsbymai.com did not show notability - but then I had a bit of a deeper search. And I think he is notable enough in Africa to be deserving of an article as per the sources I managed to trawl up:
 * Bella Naija] web magazine - seems to have an editorial team, news stories, and contributors, although probably a blog. Actually, a search for Mai Atafo on this site brings up a not insignigicant number of articles about his work over the last few years, including 1.
 * His name is Ohimai Atafo - a search for that pulled up his profile on Native and Vogue International Fashion Week] website, an event which is dedicated to celebrating African fashion.
 * Interview in Vanguard] - Vanguard (Nigeria) is a daily Nigerian newspaper under independent editorial control, so seems a good source.
 * Editorial commentary prior to an interview for Nigerian Entertainment Today
 * Articles at Gistus such as 1 and 2 - another blog-like celeb/gossip site but with an editorial team and control.
 * Coverage at Thisdaylive.com - including this pretty good commentary on him and other significant mentions such as 1, and 2.
 * Nice article/interview from Nigerian Hero.
 * I would say, based on these, and many other sources that I saw, that Mai Atafo is definitely worth an article - he clearly has notability in Africa as a fashion designer and tailor. African fashion design is really underrepresented on Wikipedia so I feel it would be good to keep and improve this article. Mabalu (talk) 12:12, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Keep: Great analysis Mabalu, all the sources you provided are all popular reliable entertainment and news sources in Nigeria. For The Punch Newspaper to dedicate an entire article on him, it speaks notability. The article needs to be wikified and incorporated to other existing articles. It has definitely received enough coverage to pass WP:GNG per the sources in the article. Darreg (talk) 20:27, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Keep as Mabalu TheFrontDeskMust (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 22:23, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Keep per what others above me have said. The article was even on my TO-DO list, before it was eventually created by another user.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:35, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
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