Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K. O. Mbadiwe

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 keep. Shimeru 03:15, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

K. O. Mbadiwe

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Unsourced biography of a non-notable person, full of WP:PEACOCK terms. bender235 (talk) 17:50, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:11, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:12, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep While I agree with the nominator that the article lacks sources and is terribly written, these aren't valid reasons for deletion. Searching sources above, Mbadiwe seems to have been quite a prominent political figure in Nigeria in the 1950s and 1960s. This source lists him as leader of the federal parliamentary party. Covered also in this academic article. A quick search of google books throws up numerous sources which establish him as Minister of aviation and communications. National government ministers are certainly notable. Valenciano (talk) 08:16, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Further comment - the problem here seems to have been caused by this edit likely a copyvio, which added all the fluffery. I've gone back to the previous good version of mid-Feb and added refs, which wasn't hard as there are well over 600 of them on google books alone. Valenciano (talk) 11:54, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep after rewriting. It's usually a good idea to be sure before describing someone as "a non-notable person". Nominator was correct only to the extent of describing the article as unsourced, and User:Valenciano has done a great job in rewriting and adding sources [1] is a book filled with info on the man. One sentence from the version that was nominated-- "At various times KO served this country as Minister of Communications, Minister of Aviation, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Minister for Trade, Personal Adviser to President Shehu Shagari on National Assembly Affairs, and the first and, so far, only ‘Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary’ of the Federal Republic of Nigeria'"-- should have been enough to describe why the author considered the person notable. Mandsford 13:22, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Passes WP:BIO. Joe Chill (talk) 16:29, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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