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The result was delete. Sarah-Jane ( talk) 11:17, 29 November 2015 (UTC) reply

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Sadly, no evidence of notability. Fails WP:GNG Wikic¤l¤gy ^{t@lk to M£} 22:04, 11 November 2015 (UTC) reply

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• I can certainly see the possibility that he actually is notable enough for inclusion, and the article just doesn't do a good enough job of explaining why — in a country whose literature I'm not personally familiar with, I can't rule that possibility out. But the possibility of people confusing personal unfamiliarity with outright non-notability is exactly why an article has to be supported by reliable source coverage. The only source here, however, is somebody's Ph.D. thesis, with the publication details given as "unpublished" — and that doesn't cut it even slightly, because "unpublished" means we have no way to consult it to verify anything. So I'm willing to reconsider this if some quality sourcing finds its way into the article before closure, but in the current state it's a delete. Bearcat ( talk) 03:55, 12 November 2015 (UTC) reply

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• Delete as the best I found was easily trivial mentions Books and browser. Notifying tagger Eeekster. SwisterTwister talk 05:29, 25 November 2015 (UTC) reply

Keep. There is not much evidence of notability in the article, but notability is defined by the topic of the article, and does not depend on the content and quality of the article. A quick search shows that Garba Gashuwa is mentioned in several books, including Algaita: Journal of Current Research in Hausa Studies, Poetry, Prose and Popular Culture in Hausa and Unity, democracy and development in Nigeria in the 21st century. I am sure there is more in Nigerian books that I cannot reach through Google, as well as in Hausa language books that I cannot read. Martinogk ( talk) 10:29, 26 November 2015 (UTC) reply

A passing mention is not an evidence of notability and having authored or co-authored one or two books does not translate to passing WP:NAUTHOR. Wikic¤l¤gy ^{t@lk to M£} 09:10, 27 November 2015 (UTC) reply

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