Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alhaji Abass Akande Obesere

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The result was Keep. ST47Talk 11:46, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alhaji Abass Akande Obesere

Alhaji Abass Akande Obesere (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - (View log)

Non-notable musician, no discography, no criteria under WP:MUSIC or WP:BIO included. Vague claims to notability "taken his brand of Fuji music all over the world" not documented or substantiated in the article SkierRMH 18:20, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Keep This artist seems to be a name within the fuji genre and has quite a few google hits, and having conducted a small resarch I feel confident that he is not a hoax and that he is a notable artist ithin his genre and probably wihin Nigeria in general. Webpages visited mention him as "a well known performer in Nigeria" "the hottest thing in fuji right now" and "the king of fuji", and Nigerian news report that Obesere has bought a million dollar home]. In other words i think the 6th criterion of WP:MUSIC is met I also believe that the sources indicate that the "large following" criterion of WP:BIO is met, and the many interviews from independent internet news media certainly attest that "The person has been the primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person.". I don't think a discography is a necessity for a musician being notable particularly not within non-western genres, but the article mentioned linked to on the talk page mentions his recording history (I have tried to incorporate it into the article). Most importantly I think keeeping and expanding this article is a necessity in the fight against the systemic bias - not only western music is notable! I acknowledge that wider set of references would be preferrable but I think that we have to be more lenient on references these kinds of topics - african musicians simply don't get the media coverage that Britney Spears does - even if they are every bit as notable as musicians. And the fact that the article is expandable is in fact an argument for it's being kept. ·Maunus· tlahtōlli 19:23, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

• Comment none of this is included in the article at this point. Still not substantiated within the article - which is the general point. Please include your findings therein. SkierRMH 02:27, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletions. --   ⇒ bsnowball  10:04, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep various google searches yield number of sources by Nigerian media, indicating his popularity there. This article has also been improved since it was nominated for deletion. Julius Sahara 20:45, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

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