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The result was no consensus. After discarding the SPA/canvassed/sock votes, we're left without consensus either way.
Owen×☎20:50, 21 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep. To start with, this is a self-promotional article about a self-promotional self-published book and should be rewritten to address this tone. But
WP:DELETIONISNOTCLEANUP, and this book passes criterion 4 of
WP:NBOOK, which states "The book is, or has been, the subject of instruction at two or more schools,[6] colleges, universities or post-graduate programs in any particular country.[7]." According to reliable sources (the Monitor, a legitimate and reliable Ugandan news outlet, plus PML Daily), Uganda's government agency overseeing curriculum adopted the book as part of its secondary school curriculum and thus made it a "subject of instruction." And according to NBOOK, satisfying one of these criteria overcomes concerns about self-publication. (While criterion 4 is dispositive, I also think we need to be careful about overturning a prior "Keep" AfD decision without a clear statement from the nominator about why that discussion was flawed.)
Dclemens1971 (
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03:59, 8 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep without abandoning
WP:BEFORE, this book has significant press coverage, an award, and is on a national curriculum, where there is promotion, I recommend cleanup. Regarding Paid Edits, there are necessary Disclosures on the talk page already.
Comment This article was
already nominated for deletion before in 2020 and the result was Keep. The very nominator here was part of the discussion contributors. I have also established that it is the very nominator who actually started the
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Izaaqnewton. and he has a rare special biased/negative interest against
the project,
the author as he keeps reffereing to that everytime he wants something bad to be done to the (or revert/delete) authors wikipedia works. He appears to smartly resist any updates to the author and his global contributions, potentially aiming to frustrate other contributors, by labeling every editor of this author as engaging in undisclosed paid editing (UPE) disregarding the fact that all contributions are collaborative efforts.
Keep The Article Already passed an AFD with a "Keep" Result implying community consensus for its notability. Since then, no paid editors have contributed; all edits have been from independent editors part of whom contributed to the Article's first ADF consensus. The Edit history show the article having been improved by experienced and non conflicted editors ensuring compliance with Wikioedia's standards. The WP:ADMASQ claim is unfounded based on the current content.The nominator's motivations should not influence the deletion discussion.
5.31.71.51 (
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Comment. I stand by my keep !vote above on policy grounds but I think the flurry of IP SPAs who showed up need to be disregarded. Would love to see more perspectives from some uninvolved regulars at AfD.
Dclemens1971 (
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14:12, 11 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Weak keep. I'm unsure if Uganda has the same paid for media coverage problems as India and Nigeria, so evaluating the sources is kind of difficult here as I am not familiar with many of the publications. IMO, the schooling thing mentioned above helps it be pushed over to keep, and most of the sources look okay for notability - though some appear unduly promotional and perhaps tied to the author.
PARAKANYAA (
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05:55, 12 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep. Basing on the fact that was adopted by the
Ugandan Ministry of Education through its NCDC and recommended for use in Secondary and higher institutions of Learning, It got an award though this is only talked about in Uganda, I find many substantial postive reviews on Amazon and I find many references linking to several libraries for schools and Universities in Uganda.
102.85.51.233 (
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Relisting, first, Amazon reviews are not important, secondly, I'd like to hear from some of our AFD regulars instead of new IP editors. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, LizRead!Talk!06:25, 14 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep The book should be retained due to its significant educational impact and recognition. The book has been independently reviewed and praised for its valuable insights on success and the importance of having a sense of purpose, as detailed in
Eagle. Additionally, it has been recognized in Ugandan media, with
Bukedde highlighting its influence. Moreover, the book won the "Business Book of the Year" award, as reported by
Newslex Point. This recognition and its adoption by the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) for secondary school curriculum demonstrate its educational value and relevance, satisfying the requirements of
WP:NBOOK. --
Macholi (
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14:19, 20 July 2024 (UTC)reply
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