Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samuel Gebru


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The result was   no consensus. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 06:03, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Samuel Gebru

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No credible claim of significance. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:46, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
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 * Comment - I disagree, there is a "credible claim of significance" ("Samuel has been recognized as a young leader in Ethiopia and the United States."). Whether it is true and well-sourced is another matter entirely. The fate of that article is probably linked to Articles_for_deletion/Ethiopian_Global_Initiative, even if notability is not inherited. Tigraan (talk) 10:15, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Weak keep - Subject received a good bit of coverage for his post Boston Marathon bombing activities. By itself that wouldn't warrant notability, but the subject has contributed regularly to AFP stories and coverage such as  both suggests notability and provides enough biographical material to warrant an article. All-in-all I would say the subject is minorly notable. --ThaddeusB (talk) 16:11, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Pinging who accepted this article at AfC for input. --ThaddeusB (talk) 16:14, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 06:52, 26 February 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Keep - To clarify, Speedy Keep if the deletion rationale is taken at face value, as there are many claims to significance in the article. Keep if we assume the deletion rationale concerns notability. I'm actually on the edge of weak keep and regular keep, but regardless, I think the sourcing as it is, without even looking for more, gets by WP:BIO. The article needs some serious editing, though, as while there are enough good sources for notability purposes, many of these sources are primary/poor. I went through and combined repeated refs into named refs to better assess the article, but didn't make any real revisions to the article. I will also be !voting for a selective merge to this article at Articles for deletion/Ethiopian Global Initiative. &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 17:58, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 01:05, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
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