Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Opiyo Oloya

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The result was keep. Tone 07:22, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Opiyo Oloya

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no evidence of notability . District superintendent of schools, columnist. Totally promotional article, to the extent that it is a possible G11 DGG ( talk ) 01:14, 7 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 01:21, 7 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Half of the references are self-written, and another is not a reliable source. A GSearch results in stuff like LinkedIn, an interview here and this blurb from a convention he was at here. I guess technically one could make an article from those two latter sources, but I am inclined to default to delete as this is a BLP. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 01:42, 7 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Oddly this article somewhat downplays his standing as an author and he might be notable as an author of several books rather than for other stuff included in this. He is also a fairly frequent commentator on East African affairs. Mccapra (talk) 05:40, 7 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Following up on what Mccapra said, the guy seems to actually be notable as a journalist and author. The article was strangely focused on his career in education, but I added the references to support his notability as an author (primarily reviews of his books). Gilded Snail (talk) 17:57, 7 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep on a combination of GNG and WP:AUTHOR. Here are some reviews: Literary Review of Canada; Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice. I cleaned up the article some. --K.e.coffman (talk) 19:59, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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