Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Omogboye Saheed Ayodeji

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. ✗plicit 01:52, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Omogboye Saheed Ayodeji

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Another "entrepreneur" article whose sources are mostly paid promotional pieces. Does not meet WP:IS. Nswix (talk) 00:27, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople and Nigeria. Nswix (talk) 00:27, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Beyond sharing advice on how to succeed [1], it's all promotional fluff. Oaktree b (talk) 01:02, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete being a guy with a job doesn’t make you notable. Mccapra (talk) 04:48, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per nominator. DarkHorseMayhem (talk) 23:26, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. No evidence articles are paid promotional pieces as asserted by nominator. The florid tone is typical Nigerian journalism style. These are national Nigerian newspapers cited The Guardian (Nigeria), Vanguard (Nigeria), The Sun (Nigeria), This Day, The Nation (Nigeria). --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 02:21, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No one's arguing that it's not Nigerian. Just that large newspapers in Nigeria have begun selling fluff pieces.

Nswix (talk) 02:44, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
What evidence do you have that these articles are paid journalism? Mako001 (C) (T) 🇺🇦 05:17, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
With their promotional tone and lack of substance, I just dont buy that it can't be promotional, simply because it's widely-published. There of tons of larger publications that are blacklisted. Nswix (talk) 16:41, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Current refs are non-independent (interviews and other reports of what he said, versus coverage of him), cover Ayhomes, or are all of the above and PROMO. Nigerian newspapers in particular are well known to flout broadcasting rules on paid advertising. Professor Omenugha describes a similar trend in the print media: “In the newspapers, the so called specialised pages of the property, IT and computer businesses and finance pages are prime examples of commercialised spaces. The point is that no attempt is made to let the audience or readers know that these spaces are paid for and they end up holding them as sacred as they would news”. Some journalists also work as paid consultants to politicians and businesses thus threatening professionalism. AIT’s Amarere says it is demeaning to journalism as “some of the concerned journalists now work for companies through which they obtain jobs. They cover their track by saying they are staff of this or that company and run offices outside the newsroom. In this situation it is difficult to balance profession with commercial interest”. "Awards" issued by media are also considered corrupt. “The awards are not free, they are for money and anything that comes with a prize has implications”, says Olumide Adeyinka-Fusika, a lawyer. “If a newspaper names a bank as the best bank of the year and the bank is later indicted for corruption, that newspaper will not be willing to publish the story because that will be like passing a vote of no confidence on their own judgement”. JoelleJay (talk) 17:39, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
JoelleJay thanks for this! I'm disappointed to say the least since I have cited these newspapers in other AfDs. It remains true that the Nigerian newspaper style tends to the colorful and florid even when reporting the weather. Nevertheless, I think you are probably right about this article and some others now being discussed for deletion: Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Nigeria. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 18:42, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's probably worth someone starting an RfC somewhere regarding reliable and non-reliable Nigerian news sources. This comes up in multiple AfDs and it would save everybody time to know what's what. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 18:59, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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