Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicky Mutenda


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The result was   delete. Stifle (talk) 10:23, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Nicky Mutenda

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I'm a bit unsure about this one. Self-written, poorly sourced (not one of the entries is in essence about him - one is an opinion piece written by Mutenda, another one quotes him in his role as Deputy) collection of what he said to the media. Mutenda is Deputy Secretary General of the Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) and a former Vice President of the Student Representative Council of the University of Namibia. However, although a national organisation, NANSO is quite small, and I am not convinced SRC roles establish notability. I would say he does not yet reach the notability threshold. Pgallert (talk) 17:09, 21 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete fails WP:BIO. Mo ainm  ~Talk  18:52, 21 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep passes WP:BIO, as there are multiple independent sources which establish notability. No matter the size of NANSO, it is itself a notable and important organization in both the history of Namibia and the current political situation. As a student leader who has been quoted in a wide variety of sources (a UNAM publication and both of Namibia's top English-language newspapers), that is itself an important claim to notability.--TM 20:13, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Passing mention doesn't infer notability, and neither dose a student publication. Mo ainm  ~Talk  20:43, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
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 * I wouldn't call publishing an op-ed and a story in which he is repeatedly and directly quoted a passing mention.--TM 19:30, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete. None of the sources cover the subject of the article. One gives her mentions but the coverage is of her organisation - the article tells us next to nothing about the subject. The other is an opinion piece written by the subject. Plainly insufficient for biographical material. Fails WP:BIO. --Mkativerata (talk) 21:27, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Nicky Mutenda has been credited with a number of op-eds in one of Namibia's largest newspapers, New Era see . As a noted student activist at the largest university in Namibia, I think that this is an indication of notability even if there are not direct stories specifically about him.--TM 22:16, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Without material written by independent people we don't have reliable material for a biographical article. I know of a number of wikipedia editors who write op-ed columns for news sources; they certainly wouldn't consider themselves notable. --Mkativerata (talk) 22:20, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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