Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amobi I of Ogidi

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 of the debate was delete. Johnleemk | Talk 05:54, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Amobi I of Ogidi

NN? 42 Google hits - out of quotes! ComputerJoe 20:54, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

• Definitely not nn if it's true, but is sorely needs references. Punkmorten 23:00, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Now delete per Quarl. Punkmorten 17:37, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep This an article about Nigeria. Forget google tests. Unless if is a hoax he was certainly notable. Calsicol 23:45, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: Notability is not the issue here, but I can't verify him. I've searched Google Books, JSTOR, Ebrary, The Times 1785-1985. I haven't turned every stone, but nothing in the search results seemed obviously relevant. I'm skeptical, but there may be good reasons why this is difficult to find. u p p l a n d 00:08, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Anyone have access to Muse [1] - it's one of the few possibly credible references on Google Dlyons493 Talk 01:19, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as unverifiable. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-01-10 03:00Z
  • Probably a WP:HOAX. I did find http://www.geocities.com/palaceogidi/, of which this article is a copyvio (or maybe the other way around -- even worse). That web page claims to be the the web site of The Palace of Ogidi, the official residence of His Royal Highness The Igwe of Ogidi and the Amobi Royal Family for over one hundred years. I doubt the 100-year ruling family of a nation, claimed to be recognized by King Edward VII, would have no significant Google hits. It's not like there is no information on the History of Nigeria. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-01-10 03:08Z
  • Also, if you search for "amobi nigeria", the first page of hits is for information on Nigerian money transfer fraud scams from people named Amobi. Makes sense now why someone is trying to perpetrate such a hoax. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-01-10 03:11Z
• Delete per quarl -- Thesquire (talk - contribs) 04:44, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

• Comment If Wikipedia adopted a Limbo namespace, this article could be moved to Limbo during the discussion on deletion. Moving an article to Limbo would remove it from the article namespace and prevent search engines from delivering suspicious content while the community decides whether to keep or delete it. For more information, see the discussion on establishing the Limbo namespace. Fg2 07:31, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as likely hoax. We can't take chances. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 01:49, 14 January 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.