Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohammed Degereji


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  13:12, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Mohammed Degereji

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Does not appear to pass the general notability guideline or subject notability guideline for academics. All provided sources are routine coverage of exactly the same event, with nothing more substantial found in a WP:BEFORE search. The strongest claim to notability is provost of a not-so-well-known institution – the institution not being widely known is what casts doubt on NPROF being satisfied. Similarly, for his memberships, I don't believe simply being a member of, e.g., the Nigerian Institute of Management is enough by itself. This article was already draftified and moved back to mainspace (not an accepted AfC submission) with some improvement, though not enough to demonstrate notability. Complex / Rational 12:36, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and Nigeria.  Complex / Rational  12:36, 18 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I agree that the subject did not pass general notability guidelines but it strongly met no 6 criteria for subject notability guidelines for academics  with reliable sources.  The subject is an office holder of the highest administrative position (rector) in a federal institution that has used closed to a half century. Since it is stated that "Academics meeting any one of the following conditions (subject notability guidelines for academics), as substantiated through reliable sources, are notable". I agree that the article should be kept.  Ibjaja055 (talk) 13:39, 18 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete. I don't think a college can be considered "major" if its website is powered by WordPress and practically every other sentence contains grammar/spelling errors... And anyway, I am not convinced it's an autonomous institution to the extent expected for "significant colleges" -- it didn't even have degree-granting programs until 2014, and those seem to be awarded through U Maiduguri anyway. JoelleJay (talk) 22:44, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @JoelleJay it seems you are not familiar with the education system of Nigeria. There are three post secondary institutions; College of Education, Polytechnic and the University. College of Education is awarding certificates that are meant for teachers, NCE, and the school has been awarding that autonomously for donkey years. The affiliation was meant to be able get degree programs which is normal for all the colleges of education in Nigeria (it is not the right of a college to aware university degree, it is just a privilege for them). Also, for you to become a provost, you must be a Chief Lecturer and a chief lecturer at the Colleges of Education is the same as professor at the University.
 * On the issue of Website, most schools see the website as a medium of passing information to the public and it is actually serving the purpose. What has been established here is that;
 * a. The school is a recognised institution by the Federal Government of Nigeria
 * b. The subject is a Chief Lecturer
 * c. The subject is the Rector of the institution.
 * If he is yet to merit the notability, then it should be deleted. I will like somebody to notify me of the decision because I might not check back again.
 * Thank you. Ibjaja055 (talk) 07:33, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment. Assuming the subject is I am not seeing clear evidence of yet meeting WP:PROF by citations (75,45,43,40,7). It might be a case of too early career as the papers with respectable citations are from 2012–13. I agree with JoelleJay that #6 of PROF is intended to apply only to fairly major institutions; this does not seem among those, but that might be my biases showing. Generally membership of academic societies is a significantly different thing from elected membership or fellowship, though I'm not familiar with this one in particular. Witholding vote, as far from my subject area and I'm not familiar with African academia. Espresso Addict (talk) 05:31, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @Espresso Addict Nigerians do not bank their promotion on citations on Google scholar. They do the promotion manually. Don't be surprised that a lot of professors are not on Google scholar talk less of having their citations listed. Ibjaja055 (talk) 07:36, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment — I moved the page into draftspace yesterday and it was resubmitted at AfC but I couldn't accept it because it was not notable. WP:NACADEMIC#6 states “The person has held a highest-level elected or appointed administrative post at a major academic institution or major academic society.”, at this juncture, I am leaning delete. Pinging for his input. Best, Reading Beans (talk) 11:46, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: Noting that the four sources in the article has the same headline. The subject fails WP:GNG and WP:NPROF. I'll have to agree with the nominator and, not because I was pinged, but because I share the same opinion with them.  Comr Melody Idoghor  (talk)  12:48, 19 October 2022 (UTC)


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