Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zama Khumalo


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The result was delete. SpinningSpark 13:07, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Zama Khumalo

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Autobiographical article where subject of the article is a journalist but doesn’t meet WP:JOURNALIST. Furthermore his only claim to notability is celebrating the death of 42 caucasian/white children Celestina007 (talk) 19:50, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Celestina007 (talk) 19:50, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Celestina007 (talk) 19:50, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of South Africa-related deletion discussions. Celestina007 (talk) 19:50, 15 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. Non-notable journalist. I'm more concerned that this is possibly an autobiography because the user who created this, goes under the pseudonym ZS Khumalo and the full name of the subject of this article is Zama Steven Khumalo. Lefcentreright  Discuss   20:16, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * @, yeah! Definitely! You know how it is, same old, same old. Just another monday with yet another random individual seeking Wikipedia presence. Celestina007 (talk) 20:34, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Eish, some people just can't grasp the concept that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not an webhost. I have "templated" the user for creating an autobiography. Best, Lefcentreright  Discuss   20:44, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree, these are all very good concerns raised by . The notability of the subject is questionable but and the prospect (which seems reasonable) that the subject of the article wrote it about himself is highly problematic. I support the deletion proposal.--Discott (talk) 13:02, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I saw that ZS Khumalo added his "event" to Racism in South Africa (I reverted his edits). I also saw that he is the one who created the 013NEWS article (Mentioned in the lead of his autobiography). What should be done about this? Lefcentreright  Discuss   16:44, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * @, I’d say it’s the classic using Wikipedia for promotional purposes situation. I’d leave a few warnings on the tp of the editor but nonetheless the other article should be treated on merit, if it’s deserving of a stand alone, it stays & if it doesn’t we nominate it for deletion accordingly. Celestina007 (talk) 17:55, 17 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete We really need to make sure to rid Wikipedia of Autobiographies. We also really, really should go to making all articles go through the articles for creation process. It is much, much easier to create an article than to delete an article. It is one act to create, and at least 4 acts to delete, and nominating something for deletion opens one up to the type of pushback one does not receive for creating an article. We desperately need to reform the process.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:13, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete: not notable. It could possibly be an autobiography. We should ban Wikipedians from creating autobiographies. Globbett (Spl4t Sh3rm4n) 19:42, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neither his journalism career nor his now-regretted social media post reach GNG. Blue Riband► 02:25, 24 June 2020 (UTC)


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