Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Olufemi O. Okenla


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The result was delete. Randykitty (talk) 12:33, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Olufemi O. Okenla

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There are a number of problems with the article. The person lacks notability, the only valid sources suggest that he is only known for his involvement in the building of a hotel run as a franchise for the Ibis hotel chain, which cannot be considered notable by itself. The sourcing in the article is poor, for the most part the sources given are either unreliable, or the information not given in the sources, or they are puff pieces, or passing mentions. It therefore fails WP:GNG. The writer of the article also appears to have some relation with the person concerned since they uploaded the photo of the person that they claimed they owned, therefore it smells of WP:PROMOTION or WP:SPIP, or the person had been paid (undisclosed) to write the article, thereby failing WP:PAID. Hzh (talk) 12:22, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 16:43, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 16:43, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Hello Hzh, thank you for your interest in the article. I noticed that there was a mention about the ownership of the picture of the subject being claimed by me. Well, I'm relatively new to Wikipedia and there are so many policies that are sometimes confusing. The picture was released with permission for use because I contacted the subject to ask for a picture which he, in turn, had contracted a photographer to take -- however the initial photograph released to me had the photographer's signature on it and he has since sent a mail to @permissons to give permission. Also, his only claim to notability as you mentioned isn't about the hotel chain alone, did you read all of the article and were you able to read all the sources both web and print? I'm surprised at all of your claims but everyone is entitled to theirs. How well do you know about Nigeria and newsprint over here? You would only be able to find articles referred to in physical archives -- I know I had to find the physical copies of those in print. Your suggestions on improvement will be very welcome. Sola Sorinmade 19:43, 27 January 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SolaSorinmade (talk • contribs)
 * delete Article was created by an SPA, but the real problem is the lack of significant independent coverage in reliable sources. Fails the GNG and I see no other notability standards that he meets.Sandals1 (talk) 15:56, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Lack reliable sources and not enough sources to establish notability as of now. PlotHelpful (talk) 19:57, 27 January 2019 (UTC)


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