Deletion of Malik Abongo Obama

Comment: He has enough coverage to pass , and the coverage is bound to get stronger. I've read he is (or at least, a while back, was) the only Obama sibling still in Kenya. A U.S. presidential candidate and possible future U.S. president having a brother who isn't a U.S. citizen, living abroad in his native land seems to be unique, and he is a strong, living, family link back to Kenya, likely Barack's strongest family tie there. At times, according to the Kenyan press, he's acted as a spokesman for the Obama relatives there. He's likely to be of continuing interest, and the article could give some insight into Obama's complex family past. It isn't worth trying to strictly enforce the idea that his notability needs to be independent, a rule meant for more run-of-the-mill relatives -- this is a commonsense exception. Michelle Obama's notability isn't independent either
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: or '''merge'''. This article is really amusing. What exactly makes Malik Abongo Obama notable? 5 out of 8 citations (63% of the article) are from Barack Obama's political autobiography where acknowledging all of your relatives (real and imagined) seems to be the publishing flavor of the month. The MSNBC article is the only |reliable source about ''him'' found in the article meeting our notability requirements, and that (again) is published solely because of Barack Obama's presidential candidacy. There is nothing in that article of any substance. Instead, we're told fluff like he lives in Kenya (so what?) In it we learn other really notable things, too, like "''Malik and his brother Barack were best men at each other's weddings''" (and...?),  that he has "interaction with Barack Obama" *gasp!*, and  (the funniest of all), some miscommunication about whether Malik may or may not think that his half-brother Barack is (or was) a Muslim *gasp!* (Incidentally, that last source -- Political Punch -- is a blog). I ran a LexisNexis search for major mentions that might meet our notability requirements (i.e., articles from reliable sources about ''him''). 2 articles surfaced. Both were from obscure newspapers based on the same subject. The titles say it all: "OBAMA'S BROTHER: Obama will be good for Jews 'DESPITE MUSLIM BACKGROUND" and "Malik Obama: As president, my brother would be good for Jews". Notable? C'mon
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)

Comment: WP:NOTINHERITED|Notability is not inherited. Per , "merely being true, or even verifiable, does not automatically make something suitable for inclusion", and I think that's something that applies here. As Frank said, the article does little more than point out that Obama has a brother. If anything, I'd '''redirect''' this page to Obama's article. &mdash
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:INDISCRIMINATE)

Comment: This is a pretty borderline case. There are a couple of sources where he features prominently, but I wouldn't consider Barack Obama's memoir to be evidence of notability. An important thing to remember is that Malik is not notable because his brother is; |notability is not inherited
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:INHERITED)

Comment: for the same reasons expressed by LotLE; this article was just deleted after a thorough discussion because the overwhelming sense of the AfD was that the subject is not |notable at this time according to Wikipedia standards. Notability is not inherited and the references listed do not attest to any independent notability
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NOTABLE)

Comment: I think there is significant coverage of him in reliable sources to establish his notability per 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: Meets  and  with a bit of summarizing the external links into normal references.  And again, you can call  if you want, but info related to B. Obama is on the rise.  I don't think he's going away any time in the next several months
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NOTE||WP:BIO||WP:CRYSTAL)

Comment: looking at the article, it seems to meet all criterion for  and certainly is not a  A7 candidate
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO||WP:CSD)

Comment: It was already marked as an A4 (presumably meant G4) and someone removed the tag. However it still qualifies as the article was already deleted under a slighly different name not a couple of hours ago after a 5-day AFD -Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abongo Obama. If one disagree's with an AFD one should go to  rather than recreating the article
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Deletion policy (WP:DRV)

Comment: fails . Sole claim to notability lies in being the half-brother of a Senator. May be mentioned in Early life and career of Barack Obama, but on his own is a nonentity, even if he has gained passing press mention because of his famous relative
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: as newly sourced it falls well within the  standard of notability.  Substantial coverage in a number of major reliable sources (feature-style articles about the individual in top U.S. newspapers), over a period of at least four years so it's no mere campaign issue or flash in the pan
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: If current trends continue there will be no consensus to delete.  You can still give your opinion on the claim of notability.  If you agree that this person is not Wiki-notable, is perfectly okay to close with '''This person is not independently notable, but enough editors disagree that , , and the desire to prevent a |riot demand the article stay until there is a consensus to delete.'''  Assuming there is no consensus, this will be one of those cases where the "will of the people" or rather the "default keep when there is no consensus" trumps whether this person actually is or is not notable
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Civility (WP:CIVIL||WP:IAR||WP:DRV)