Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohamud Siad Togane

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. Thε Halo ^Θ 15:43, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Mohamud Siad Togane

nn biography, does not satisfy WP:BIO or WP:PROFTEST. Only 180 ghits for 'Mohamud Siad Togane'; less than a handful for the books referred to in the article. Much of this article appears to be a cut-and-paste or from the same source as here (but it is not clear if this article is a copyvio). Agent 86 00:40, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete That site has a licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Canada which requires attribution (none is given here) and no derivate works (which cannot be guaranteed). So Firstly this article has to be treated in the normal way as copyvio. Dlyons493 Talk 02:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. The article http://www.wardheernews.com/Articles_06/feb/11_Somalia_Absence%20of%20ellite%20based%20movments_Roble%20.html mentions him as a member of a group of would-be peacemakers. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 04:00, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The article needs improvement, but I think Togane himself is notable. See for instance this article about how his poetry will be appearing on city buses in Montreal (along with the work of other poets). He appears to be an active contributor to Somalia expatriot websites. Also, I'm not normally in favor of "affirmative action", but if any area of the world could use a few role models who are NOT warlords, it's Somalia.--Brianyoumans 04:22, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep some of the language is very POV and needs to be changed, but the author has done a good job of showing the subject has published a number of books. Maybe not that many books, but we shouldn't be surprised that Somali poetry has a weak web presence. As part of overcoming systemic bias, I'm in favor of keeping this. It certainly is suitable for, say, an encyclopedia on Afro-Canadians, and therefore has a place on Wikipedia. Interlingua ^{talk email} 04:49, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep. By the book, this article doesn't quite make it. I agree with Interlingual's take on the matter above -- if there is a good case for bending the guidelines, this looks to be it. Remember, they are guidelines, not laws. I think that means they were meant to be bent. Erechtheus 23:35, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Article needs more improvement, but nonetheless is a good source of info on a notable person. I removed those image links. The guy needs to upload the pic first to use it. ResurgamII 01:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Doesn't cross the notability threshold--he's a professor with one book out, one forthcoming. That pretty much describes 50% of the profs in North America. As an activist, I see nothing which would push him over the line into notability.-Kmaguir1 07:56, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per above. --badlydrawnjeff talk 10:56, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep of course. We need a lot more on academics and artists, hardly less just because an early version of the article wasn't as well written as it might be. LotLE×talk 16:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Failed to impress me even with his own web page. -- Marwatt 13:32, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep:: Togane is well-known in Somali-Canadian circles and in the Montreal poetry scene. --Slp1 19:47, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep: notability established. Mukadderat 18:06, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.