Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tonye Irims


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. The policy-based deletion arguments are very persuasive in this discussion. Daniel (talk) 13:59, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Tonye Irims

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Non-notable "serial entrepeneur". Sources are PR releases, self-published, or otherwise irrelevant to the notability of the subject of the article. Nothing on searching which would meet the threshold of WP:ANYBIO or WP:GNG either. Jack Frost (talk) 01:14, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Jack Frost (talk) 01:14, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. Jack Frost (talk) 01:14, 10 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete — Non notable entrepreneur who lacks in-depth significant coverage in reliable sources independent of them. Celestina007 (talk) 11:58, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - I should be able to salvage the article and cleanup for compliance to meet the threshold of WP:ANYBIO for the patent registration for Prepaid solar electricity for variable loads in South Africa. TJO28 (talk) 03:17, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. A patent grant does not meet WP:ANYBIO by any definition I'm aware of.  All news hits for his name are about Wisolar, which has only the most tenuous claim to notability itself since it's all routine announcements.  I'll point out that most of TJO28's contributions are either adding Tonye's name to lists of significant people or creating Tonye Irims and Wisolar - I'm not gonna make any accusations, but I would like to offer @User:TJO28 a quick reminder that if there is any association with the person or the company or compensation involved in this editing, it must be disclosed.  FalconK (talk) 03:31, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment - There is no association or compensation attached to the publishing of both articles. Every addition made to every list is valid as regards the subject of this article. @User:Falcon Kirtaran, you already made accusations. I would encourage you to kindly go through my contributions before concluding. Also, there has been a clean up in the citations and there are no self-published articles among the references. TJO28 (talk) 04:28, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I second FalconK's concerns. See opinion and comment below for more details. Swearing that things aren't what they appear is not always sufficient to take concerns away! gidonb (talk) 22:13, 16 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. While the article in "The New York Times Daily" looks impressive this would be sufficient only for half the WP:GNG and still further from the professional standard. Plus looks can be deceiving. "The New York Times Daily" is a blog or PR website that abuses the reputation and graphics of The New York Times. So rather than at 50% of the GNG, we are really at 0% of the GNG. So while there are many entrepreneurs in Africa deserving of Wikipedia entry, the topic of this article is not one of them. At the very least at this time. gidonb (talk) 22:02, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment Note also that we have exactly the same picture as said article. Possibly the authors are the same. At the very least the rights over the picture and benefits of keeping it need to be checked. Likely also the user behind the pictures (a second one is on the company website) and articles. gidonb (talk) 22:08, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
 * What a mess that nytimesdaily site is! Fortunately, this is the only article on Wikipedia to cite it.  Thanks for pointing it out!  FalconK (talk) 02:11, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * FalconK, I once got referred to a WP banned publication list, I think after linking an article in the Mail on Sunday or something of yellowish sorts. Does this ring a bell? I could try to add "The New York Times Daily" to that page. gidonb (talk) 05:36, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * You're likely thinking of WP:DEPRECATED or WP:RSP. But if it's only referred to by one page it's not likely we'd be able to get it added there.  I just crawled it for the wayback machine and it took only a few minutes; I think it's a fairly small site, perhaps one person (I found their fiverr).  FalconK (talk) 05:40, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * FalconK, thanks for this information! gidonb (talk) 02:29, 19 January 2021 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.