Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alhaji Ibrahim Shayi

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 15:48, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alhaji Ibrahim Shayi

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Fails WP:NOTABILITY, i cant find any reliable sources on this article whatsoever. - Dwayne was here! ♫ 08:26, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. cab (call) 10:01, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I looked for sources but couldn't find any. I also tried looking up "chief accountant" bauchi, but with nothing definitive. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 21:09, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no significant coverage, unreferenced BLP. —fetch ·comms 21:51, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment a) There may well be sources in another language, if only we can find them, b) bear in mind this earlier version. I don't suppose he is extremely "famous", but I would imagine he is a significant figure within Bauchi and possibly has press-coverage in other language scripts. Chzz ► 23:45, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Fair point, Chzz, but unless someone can give us his name in Nigerian, we can't really look it up easily? Also, it depends on what is meant by "Chief Accountant" - are we talking about the equivalent of the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer or the US's United States Secretary of the Treasury - if so, he might be notable. However, I couldn't even verify that he held that position. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 00:00, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, we can try. No, I don't think he's equiv. of those two, he is "Chief Accountant in charge of all the 20 Local Government of Bauchi State Accounts" apparently - so I suppose the equivalent of a State auditor or something. Chzz ► 00:07, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. English is the official language in Nigeria, used in most newspapers and websites. Hausa language sources are unlikely. Bauchi State has about 5 million people. The Chief Accountant of the Local Government ministry, not an important ministry compared to Agriculture, Works, Education etc., is a mid-level bureaucrat. "Alhaji" is a common honorific. Web and Book searches on "Ibrahim Shayi" do not show up anything. Not notable. Aymatth2 (talk) 02:04, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(Edit conflict) Comment I'm not stating either keep or delete on this one, but I figure you guys should see the extensive version the author wrote here. It was reverted back after he blanked the page and an editor reverted the vandalism. Might be a good way to find references. Nomader ^(Talk) 02:06, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I checked that and Chzz did too. Looks like a resume. But given the job position, given the total lack of online sources ... I am absolutely against systemic bias, but this one just doesn't cut it. Aymatth2 (talk) 02:13, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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