Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ndagi Abdullahi


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:44, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Ndagi Abdullahi

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Non-notable individual lacking GHits and GNEWS of substance to support claims. Appears to fail WP:BIO.  ttonyb (talk) 23:08, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:AUTHOR as there is a lack of significant coverage in independent reliable sources. Log indicates history of article being deleted in 2008: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Ndagi+Abdullahi . Location (talk) 00:22, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Article's main source seem to be the subject's Facebook page. I am unable to find independent relaible sources. Edward321 (talk) 00:41, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:52, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Do no Delete. Three sources http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/freekick/2008/jun/10/freekick-10-06-2008-001.htm, ^ http://www.sentinelnigeria.org/issue3/fiction/ndagi-abdullahi.htm, ^ http://sueddie.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/thoughts-on-ndagi-abdullahis-zhenti/ cited in the references to the article are genuine and verifiable ones in Nigeria. The three: Sun Newspaper, Sentinel Nigeria literary Magazine and Su'eddie's Literary critique blog cited in the references are renowned and well recognised sources in Nigeria. Furthermore, the caboose notification of an advert for the launching of a book by the author was dated the 30th of July, 2007, a day before the actual launching cited in the article. And the caboose notice is verifiable also. Garbammmoha (talk) 20:48, 20 October 2010 (GMT) — Garbammoha (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * I'm afraid those sources don't qualify as "independent reliable sources". The first two links are written by the subject; the third is by what appears to be a non-notable blogger. Location (talk) 21:17, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * A notice of the launch of a book is no indication of its notability or success. Peridon (talk) 22:37, 20 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete The first part of this article was deleted in 2008 for expired prod, no notability and being promotional. I see the latter two still the same. (The new expansion is no better.) The references are just about useless. The Sentinel ref appears to be to a (very) short story and not to coverage of it. I can see little better there. Blogs are notoriously unreliable. The Sun ref is to a piece BY Abdullahi not about him. Facebook is self-published or otherwise suspect for partiality. All in all, I see this article as a piece of promotion. I am willing to change my mind (as always) but would remind the creator of the article of WP:BURDEN. Peridon (talk) 22:36, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
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