Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Okwiri Oduor

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:09, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okwiri Oduor

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Subject of article appears to fail N, as she appears to be notable only for one reason: her winning of the Caine Prize. Jsharpminor (talk) 01:38, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. She passes WP:ANYBIO #1. The Caine Prize is an important prize and has been reported as such in multiple reliable sources. Every other winner of the prize has an article. And Wikipedia:Systemic bias also enters into play here: we should not be quick to delete articles about prize-winning authors from countries like Kenya which is likely to be underrepresented. --Arxiloxos (talk) 02:05, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Arxiloxos. Lightbreather (talk) 02:29, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Winning the Caine Prize is enough, but she has also won a notable award from the MacDowell Colony, which has helped develop 81 Pulitzer Prize winners. This is a notable young writer. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:58, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as she's won the Caine Prize which is fine, I will admit however the article does need a lot of improving but that can be fixed anytime. –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 18:07, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Kenya-related deletion discussions. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (gossip) @ 20:20, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (warn) @ 20:20, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, per winning the Caine Prize. Wincent77 (talk) 00:49, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per meeting WP:ANYBIO. Arxiloxos' point about systemic bias is also valid. Cavarrone 07:54, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.