Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kojo Dadson

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 keep. Noting that this was a good faith nomination but it has been found that the article had been hijacked. Putting the arguments that relate to the hijacked article to one side, there is wide agreement that the original topic, a Ghanaian actor, is notable. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:01, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Kojo Dadson

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Semi-advertorialized, and completely unsourced, biography of a person notable only as a member of a youth parliament. As always, this is not a level of office that confers an automatic free pass over WP:NPOL in the absence of a WP:GNG-worthy volume of reliable source media coverage about him to establish his significance. Bearcat (talk) 02:08, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 02:08, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ghana-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 02:08, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Members of youth parliaments do not meet WP:NPOL. Nothing indicates a GNG pass. --Enos733 (talk) 04:35, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete an unsourced BLP.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:05, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable individual. Oaktree b (talk) 01:59, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Kindly don't delete an unidentified or another editor tempered with the original article information created. Kojo Dadson is an actor not a politician. The original content created of the bio just passed on 10/02/2021. Kindly don't delete, thanks. Jwale2 (talk) 22:09, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The article as written isn't demonstrating notability as an actor either. The notability test for actors is not automatically passed by just every actor who exists, or even just because you can show an obituary upon his death — it's passed by showing a WP:GNG-worthy volume of ongoing career coverage of his performances, not just an obituary and an IMDb entry. Bearcat (talk) 22:38, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I did not anticipate arguing for a keep, but I did some quick research and found that the gentleman is a rather notorious and highly regarded actor in Ghana. His death made headlines in every major paper in that region, and he had been a major cast member of a popular, modern television program there, as well as several other films. Wikipedia gets accused of Americentrism quite often and this is a prime example as to why. If we want to have a global encyclopedia with equitable, global coverage, I think this article certainly meets the criteria. Any comparable American actor would certainly be allowed an article. PrairieKid (talk) 10:14, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The article existed before 10 February 2021 which I guess was the date the subject died, I doubt the reason for its existence is because the subject passed away. Unfortunately from the log someone tried creating an article with a similar name to the subject which caused the issues I believe, Anyways the little search I did on the subject shows some relevant information of him being a veteran actor in Ghana and West Africa which must also be considered to ensure articles from that sub region or area also doesn't get dissolved due to the carelessness of some amateur editor who tried creating another article of the Kojo Dadson (politician). The subject has featured in popular movies and contributed to the Ghanaian and West African sub-region. The article must be kept and rather restructured to reflect his full contribution since it meets WP:GNG in my opinion. Ampimd (talk) 11:55, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - a reminder that AfD nominators should look at the edit history of articles before filing an AfD. Kojo Dadson was clearly a prominent actor in Ghana, plenty of coverage on the topic. --Soman (talk) 16:51, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep this article has significant coverage and passes the basic test of notability to on Wikipedia. I believed if the article was carefully looked at before nominating for deletion it would have showed his notability. Owula kpakpo (talk) 19:25, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the expansion work that has been done. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 11:00, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Quick search on Kojo lead to several WP:RS that prove his WP:N. No need to redirect or delete this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Redoryxx (talk • contribs) 15:17, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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