Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vangi Gantsho


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 03:38, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Vangi Gantsho

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The citations provided include several that lack independence or are the subject's own work. I have done a search for independent reliable sources: what I was able to find makes only a borderline case for retention of the article. The subject's work does not appear to have met the notability criteria for inclusion on Wikipedia, but I would like others to check that work and identify some acceptable sources if they do in fact exist. Specific concerns with the existing refs are as follows: 1. LinkedIn profile fails WP:I and WP:RS; 2.) The Poetrypotion website and journal appears to be a journal that publishes poetry, not a journal that reviews it or critiques it, and as near as I am able to tell it has no editorial oversight with all of its non-poetry content generated by the journal's founder, Duduzile Zamantungwa Mabaso; 3. Piece written by the subject, fails WP:I; 4. This is a PDF to one of the subject's poems, making it a WP:PRIMARY SOURCE; 5. This is a press release/ information packet PDF, not a citation to an independent reliable non-trivial source; 6. This is a link to a website for another poet which does not mention the subject of the article. KDS4444 (talk) 19:13, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions. Uanfala (talk) 19:36, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of South Africa-related deletion discussions. Uanfala (talk) 19:36, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Delete as no trace of notability can be found about the subject in reliable sources, it fails WP:GNG. —Oluwa2Chainz »» (talk to me) 12:37, 9 July 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Music1201  talk  23:43, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable poet.John Pack Lambert (talk) 07:17, 11 July 2016 (UTC)


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