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 delete. slakr^{\  talk /} 11:03, 14 October 2014 (UTC) reply

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campaign biography. The references are just endorsements by local figures. DGG ( talk ) 04:15, 4 October 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica ¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:27, 4 October 2014 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica ¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:27, 4 October 2014 (UTC) reply

Weak Delete: He is planning on contesting for Delta State gubernatorial election and looks like a pretty strong contender for the post based on the blessings from the "godfathers", but that does not translate to passing WP:POLITICIAN! There are reliable references in the article but they do not say anything noteworthy about him just some campaign BS, that anyone can get during this election period. I really do not want articles like this to be on Wikipedia. In summary, he strongly fails WP:POLITICIAN and weakly fails WP:GNG. Darreg ( talk) 20:50, 4 October 2014 (UTC) reply

Delete: The article is a mess! It obviously fails WP:POLITICIAN. His political ambition is of no encyclopedic importance. the article serve no other purpose than a political campaign. The section Political Future is a blatant political campaign and WP:ADVERTISEMENT. However, Wikipedia is not a place for political campaign. Wikicology ( talk) 21:39, 6 October 2014 (UTC) reply

• Delete per nom. As-yet-unelected candidates in elections do not qualify for Wikipedia articles just for being candidates — if you cannot properly demonstrate and source that he's notable enough for other things to qualify for a Wikipedia article independently of his candidacy, then he has to win the election, not just run in it, to become notable enough. Bearcat ( talk) 22:48, 7 October 2014 (UTC) reply

Kindly Keep: I suggest that this article be kept on Wikipedia! There are truly reliable references in the article and it is currently being improved on. For us in Nigeria, it is hard to find information like this online and to contribute to content accuracy and availability of local contents I have taken the pain to contact his family to obtain further details. I was able to obtain his website and this has been added. I am getting noteworthy achievements especially by way of his contribution to human advancement. The internet is a growing technology in Nigeria but there are very few persons willing to sacrifice their time to improve on such contents. I am currently working with a group of individuals to gather more information to improve this article. Although I do not know the original poster, I do feel that such information is important for us as Deltans and will do my utmost to improve on it with reliable references so it meets the required standard. Together we can grow Wikepedia. GURUNETWORK — Preceding unsigned comment added by GURUNETWORK TECHNOLOGIES ( talk • contribs) 23:48, 7 October 2014 (UTC) reply

Please note that under Wikipedia's inclusion rules for politicians, spelled out at WP:NPOL, a person is not eligible to keep an article on here just for being a candidate in an election — rather, they must win an election, and thereby hold a notable office, to qualify for inclusion in Wikipedia. So he'll be eligible for an article if he wins the election — or if you can properly source that he has preexisting notability for other things irrespective of his candidacy. Your assertion about it being "hard to find information like this online" in Nigeria has no bearing on our inclusion standards — in fact, if it's that difficult to properly verify the information, then it's even more critical that we uphold our sourcing and notability standards rather than waiving them. Wikipedia articles can be (and often are) misused as an attempt to damage the subject with the addition of improper commentary or inaccuracies about his career, but if we can't properly verify the content of the article, then we can't fix any inaccuracies. So like it or not, if he needs more campaign publicity then it's local media in Nigeria, not Wikipedia, whom you need to press for more coverage of him. Bearcat ( talk) 21:45, 8 October 2014 (UTC) reply

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