Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sindiso Mazibisa


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The result was delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:26, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Sindiso Mazibisa

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This article does not meet biographical notability standards because of various sourcing issues which shall be elucidated below in my source analysis. The sources cited using inline citations are all directory-style entries which do not confer notability, however the majority of the sources are inline external links. Here is the analysis of them:

This article is sending my COI-dar into overdrive. An unreferenced "Early life" section, a close-up headshot uploaded by a user with the "Own work" rationale, and the use of peacock phrases such as: The use of weasel words surrounding unverified allegations is also concerning, for example: Quite frankly, I was considering proposing this for deletion per G11 but I think it's a borderline CSD case. To conclude, this article is a biased advert about someone who appears not to meet any of the applicable specific notability guidelines such as that for politicians, and who certainly hasn't received enough independent significant coverage in reliable sources to be considered notable per the general notability guideline.  SITH   (talk)   13:00, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * one of the most flamboyant campaigns
 * proud producer of the 3 kings music band
 * has a distaste for imperialist or dictatorship tendencies from white, black, yellow, green or whatever man and he is a fighter for the people, and his freedoms
 * Without apology
 * allegedly tortured
 * It is suspected that because of his outspoken nature
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.   SITH   (talk)   13:17, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions.   SITH   (talk)   13:17, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Zimbabwe-related deletion discussions.   SITH   (talk)   13:17, 28 February 2019 (UTC)


 * (Weak) Delete: Sourcing definitely isn't up to required standards - thank you for the thorough analysis  SITH   (talk)  . Overall definitely a lot of COI and quite some puffery. Here's my current favourite: "...has a distaste for imperialist or dictatorship tendencies from white, black, yellow, green or whatever man and he is a fighter for the people, and his freedoms." What makes my vote a weak delete, is that I also cannot account for the full range of sources and, with a lot of adaptions, cuts and rephrasing I feel like it could be a case of maybe looking beyond GNG and have it be a trimmmed down business / political stub.  -- Ruhri  Jörg  15:28, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * P.S.: Had forgotted to add the "weak". Also, in addition to my last comments, "If there's good, eventually sourceable, content in the article, it should be developed and improved, not deleted" seems to be a good summary of what I felt. The question in this case seems to be the "eventually" ;) -- Ruhri Jörg  15:41, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —  python coder    (talk &#124; contribs) 03:12, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. I agree that this subject does not pass WP:GNG and could probably qualify for speedy deletion. I can not find reliable sources. Skirts89 11:50, 8 March 2019 (UTC)


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