Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mariatu Bala Usman


 * 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 no consensus. I don't think a third relist will resolve the lack of consensus here. Liz Read! Talk! 02:06, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Mariatu Bala Usman

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Article has very little information, as there is very little of it to find online. Simple details like DOB, place of birth aren't published online, and the few things that do include her only have slight mentions and quotes, including the references on the page. echidnaLives (talk) 01:28, 7 September 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  01:58, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Health and fitness and Nigeria. echidnaLives (talk) 01:28, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:GNG. Unclear on WP:NPOL - is she a legislator elected? Limited coverage, and it is all primary. No in depth analysis or commentary, or profiling of her as an individual. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 09:00, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * There is no need to be a legislator to pass WP:NPOL. It includes "politicians and judges who have held ... (for countries with federal or similar systems of government) state/province–wide office". Phil Bridger (talk) 09:09, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * oops, yes, I meant to say it is not clear if they are elected. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 11:23, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * It is also not necessary to be elected to pass WP:NPOL. Phil Bridger (talk) 11:25, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * NPOL makes numerous references to legislating and elections: "members of legislative bodies", "just being an elected local official", "applies to people who have been elected to such offices". I believe knowing how Usman came to office and whether her role is legislative is pertinent to this deletion discussion. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 12:43, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * But they all come after the word "or", so are irrelevant to people who qualify under the wording that I quoted above. For example all except two of the executive branch of the American federal government are non-elected and all of them are non-legislators, but they still qualify under NPOL. Guidelines are written in sentences, not as disconnected words. Phil Bridger (talk) 13:12, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 01:49, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Though the references are all mere mentions of the topic than dedicated coverage, this is really a good number of references for a female commissioner from press-restricted Northern Nigeria where women rarely get a spotlight. This is a public office that comes on in assignments, current affairs and the every day cirriculum in schools. She is legally appointed like every other Nigerian state commisioners on Wikipedia. Very relevant to WikiProject:Nigeria and wherever it's wikilinked. Danidamiobi (talk) 20:15, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep. Per Danidamiobi, and Notability exist per WP:NEXIST.  An@ss_koko(speak up)  09:12, 21 September 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.