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The result was keep. Unanimously considered notable, nomination withdrawn. ( non-admin closure) -- Elmidae ( talk · contribs) 07:14, 17 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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This is borderline, and I can't really tell whether the artist meets WP:NARTIST. Main claim to notability is his design for the African Union flag; but I find it hard to determine whether that plus a number of exhibitions (some group, some solo) suffices. Input requested. -- Elmidae ( talk · contribs) 15:58, 15 September 2018 (UTC) Elmidae ( talk · contribs) 15:58, 15 September 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 17:04, 15 September 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 17:05, 15 September 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ethiopia-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 17:05, 15 September 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 17:05, 15 September 2018 (UTC) reply

• Keep This topic of the article clearly meets General notability guidelines as one would except when they did something as interesting and varied as create the design for the African Union Flag and a painting that hang in the Washington State Supreme Court judges’ chamber. On top of that the creation of flag alone makes Bojia noteworthy per Creative professionals notability criteria. But wait there's more, Boijia is also an activist who appears in the international and US media discussing international issue related to Africa. That enough for a solid keep from me. Sydney Poore/ FloNight ♥♥♥♥ 23:40, 15 September 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep, per Sydney's eloquent statement. -- Rosiestep ( talk) 23:51, 15 September 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep, as above. Mary Mark Ockerbloom ( talk) 00:06, 16 September 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep What's the issue here? Lots of sources, designed the flag for the union representing a continent... That sounds pretty notable to me. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 14:47, 16 September 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep I started the article from scratch in Sept. 18 because I determined the subject meets GNG and in particular criteria for creative professionals, I've sought to include the relevant references, some of which User:FloNight referenced above. There are more interviews and coverage in Ethiopian and Seattle media yet included .. room to grow it up. I am glad for the opportunity to collaborate with other editors to sharpen my editing skills (the silver lining of visibility thanks to AfD)! Tho I think, @ Elmidae:, as the AfD nominator, you accidentally forgot to notify me, so I'm also pinging @ Theredproject:, @ PRehse:, @ Rosguill:, @ GünniX: to notify these other users who have contributed to the article since I restarted it with new content. TX. Shameran81 ( talk) 22:00, 16 September 2018 (UTC) reply

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