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WP:TOOSOON,
WP:NOTNEWS. This is a tough one. There certainly is a lot of media buzz about the individual. However, at this point, the Washington Post says they have not been able to identify the person. Alaraby says details about the person remain unknown as of 16 hours ago. Her identity is apparently based on a whatsapp exchange with Buzzfeed... This all seems too soon and rushed to be in line with verifiability and probably front-running notability. pseudonymJake Brockmantalk07:22, 10 April 2019 (UTC)reply
As the original author of the article, I saw your comment and went back to search for evidence of her identity. In fact, you are right that The Washington Post noted they were unable to identify her and Alaraby said the person's details were unknown. However, searching further, I found that she was identified by at least two sources. Firstly, there is this article on MSN, which says that "The Washington Post could not confirm the woman’s identity, BuzzFeed and some Arabic-language news outlets have identified her as Alaa Salah, a 22-year-old engineering and architecture student (
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/world/why-this-viral-photo-is-becoming-a-symbol-of-womens-rights-protests-in-sudan/ar-BBVMVdi).
Aside from these links, I believe that in having captured so much media attention, the article is worth having. Maybe what is needed more is more citation for additional verification as opposed to deletion. — Preceding
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ObongiFrank (
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09:34, 10 April 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep, she meets notability standards and is very much in the headlines of a very hotbutton issue. At the very least, repurpose the article to be about her image.
puggo (
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01:51, 11 April 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment this is probably as much about the image as the person. I have removed the overly POV-written sections and restructured. There may be merit to have a separate discussion if this article should be about the person or about the image or if this should indeed be rolled/redirected into the main article about the protests. Closing AfD for now. pseudonymJake Brockmantalk07:05, 11 April 2019 (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
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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.
WP:TOOSOON,
WP:NOTNEWS. This is a tough one. There certainly is a lot of media buzz about the individual. However, at this point, the Washington Post says they have not been able to identify the person. Alaraby says details about the person remain unknown as of 16 hours ago. Her identity is apparently based on a whatsapp exchange with Buzzfeed... This all seems too soon and rushed to be in line with verifiability and probably front-running notability. pseudonymJake Brockmantalk07:22, 10 April 2019 (UTC)reply
As the original author of the article, I saw your comment and went back to search for evidence of her identity. In fact, you are right that The Washington Post noted they were unable to identify her and Alaraby said the person's details were unknown. However, searching further, I found that she was identified by at least two sources. Firstly, there is this article on MSN, which says that "The Washington Post could not confirm the woman’s identity, BuzzFeed and some Arabic-language news outlets have identified her as Alaa Salah, a 22-year-old engineering and architecture student (
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/world/why-this-viral-photo-is-becoming-a-symbol-of-womens-rights-protests-in-sudan/ar-BBVMVdi).
Aside from these links, I believe that in having captured so much media attention, the article is worth having. Maybe what is needed more is more citation for additional verification as opposed to deletion. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
ObongiFrank (
talk •
contribs)
09:34, 10 April 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep, she meets notability standards and is very much in the headlines of a very hotbutton issue. At the very least, repurpose the article to be about her image.
puggo (
talk)
01:51, 11 April 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment this is probably as much about the image as the person. I have removed the overly POV-written sections and restructured. There may be merit to have a separate discussion if this article should be about the person or about the image or if this should indeed be rolled/redirected into the main article about the protests. Closing AfD for now. pseudonymJake Brockmantalk07:05, 11 April 2019 (UTC)reply
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