Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Olumide Bakare


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The result was no consensus defaulting to keep and w/o prejudice to a future renomination. Discounting the "Keep per" nonexistent previous keep votes. This has been open long enough. If somebody wants to wait a few weeks and give it another go, I have no objections. Ad Orientem (talk) 02:44, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Olumide Bakare

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NACTOR. This is a weird one. Some of the sources actually appear to contain false/inaccurate information, such as he "starred" in Last Flight to Abuja. Not only didn't he star, can't find any indication he even appeared in the film. He was a working actor, but that's it. Was deprodded without rationale (except claiming he's notable), and no improvement.  Onel 5969  TT me 14:10, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  Onel 5969  TT me 14:10, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:12, 13 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment I'm not quite comvinced that he fails notability in general after all that Nigerian newspaper calls him a Veteran Nollywood actor, which at least hints at notability on a national level in Nigeria, which imho would be good enough. Note we are not an encyclopedia for anglosaxon audiences and what is notable for them, but an international encyclopedia in English, hence being sufficiently famous/known as an actor in Nigeria would be good enough for notability. However that newspaper article is only hinting at that without providing much info. It would require additional Nigerian sources to establish with certainty what that newspaper headline seems to suggest.--Kmhkmh (talk) 00:40, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per keep votes HandsomeBoy (talk) 09:33, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
 * You do realized there are no keep !votes? Onel 5969  TT me 11:10, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep I removed the PROD as the refs regarded him as a veteran actor as stated in my edit summary and by Kmhkmh. Senegambianamestudy (talk) 00:40, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately wikipedia generally requires more than just "veteran actor" status to write articles. We prefer multiple, independent, reliable, in-depth sources about the article subject, but are willing to accept sources that only show that such sources exist. Rockphed (talk) 12:40, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment I have to agree with Kmhkmh that it looks like he should be notable based on how the Nigerian sources on the web treat mentions of him, but my search-fu is insufficient to find themthe sources that should exist. I did find an obituary that looks at least slightly interesting, but isn't in-depth enough to count for notability. Rockphed (talk) 12:40, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - sadly, the sources simply aren't there to support WP:NACTOR - all the sources seem to be obituaries WP:NOTMEMORIAL - Epinoia (talk) 02:04, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * weak Keep. The source that Rockphed thankfully has dug up could imho be enough to prove notability. McFarland is usually a good source and if he appears in an international obituary collection published by them that clearly seems to suggests notability. It is true that obituary doesn't offer much in-depth biographical information and as such might not be good enough to match WP:BASIC, but it should be enough tp pass WP:NACTOR ("significant roles in multiple independent films or tv series"). So we would have just stub article for now but on a notable subject with reliable information.--Kmhkmh (talk) 19:14, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jovanmilic97 (talk) 10:46, 21 September 2019 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Weak keep per this and the other sources linked in this discussion. The subject appears to have been active in the early 2000s, particularly between 2000 and 2009. I'm not sure how many primary roles he had but according to Premium Times newspaper, he was known for his role in Koko Close and Doctor Bello. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Versace1608 (talk • contribs) 17:02, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. The sources have very little to say about the actor or his career. So little in fact, I don't they can be considered significant coverage. Fails WP:SIGCOV and WP:GNG and WP:NACTOR.4meter4 (talk) 03:13, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 03:27, 29 September 2019 (UTC)


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