Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/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)