Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sylvie Bokoko


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The result was delete. Veinor (talk to me) 01:36, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Sylvie Bokoko

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Minor African author who fails WP:BIO. The only assertion of notability is an unspecified and unverified Senegalese award in 1981. Article tagged for notability since October 2006 and not improved. The web sources that Google finds on her all repeat the same mini-bio, so the subject lacks substantial depth of coverage and multiple independent sources. VSerrata 15:39, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletions.   -- VSerrata 15:45, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletions.   -- VSerrata 15:45, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment as far as I know the anthology she is in was not widely distributed in Europe therefore it is hard to assert notability from what we have here Alf Photoman  18:18, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Question for the Nominator Your nomination comments open with the words "Minor African author." Why did you feel the need to use "African" as a reason for non-notability?  --Oakshade 01:34, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment See African literature. That's the context for this author's limited work. But Bokoko's not mentioned in any of the standard reference works - as far as I know. She just doesn't seem to have any recognised stature in that context, unlike a number of other sub-Saharan women writers, such as Fatou Ndiaye Sow which I started recently. VSerrata 10:53, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Sadly, delete. A very short story (8 pages) is really too little for WP:BIO; and Google Books returns 0 awnsers.--Aldux 15:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable--Sefringle 03:08, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:N Alf Photoman  17:16, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. An author of a 8/9-page short story who has not received the coverage required by WP:BIO.  -- Black Falcon 19:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
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