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I believe Cynthia_Akanga fails the WP:GNG criteria. Person has brief bios on both linkedin and imdb but very little independent coverage. SallyRenee (talk) 05:57, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Women, Dance, Africa, and France. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 07:16, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: could not find any reliable source to establish notability most sources are primary and IMDb FuzzyMagma (talk) 17:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: I believe the relevant guideline is WP:ENTERTAINER. It says that the person may be considered notable if the person has had significant roles in multiple television shows or stage performances. Akanga has had multiple roles, two to be exact: a stage performance and a role in a television show. Wikipedia does not have a lot of articles about Togolese women. Conscious of the WP:Systemic bias, I vote keep. Ruud Buitelaar (talk) 03:54, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  can you share the source(s) for these performances?

  In general, WP:ENTERTAINER does not override WP:BASIC. FuzzyMagma (talk) 18:37, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Ruud Buitelaar and per WP:ENT. She had significant roles in multiple notable productions. – Anne drew (talk · contribs) 04:12, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  She had an appearance on a podcast and was a substitute jury for an obscure show. What notable productions? FuzzyMagma (talk) 18:41, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:17, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: The French sources are the same as the ones used here, only confirming she was a judge on a TV show, not unlike American Idol is. I don't think that's enough for notability. They are simple "meet the celebrity" articles. Oaktree b (talk) 17:00, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - terrible sources; only two shows are not multiple shows. One of the shows she appeared is a reality television show; we don't have articles on jurors or those who don't place in the top three. Her 15 minutes of fame was in 1998. I'm aware of systemic bias, but we have deleted lots of articles about White and male contestants, too, like Tyler Neasloney. Bearian (talk) 15:53, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, I insist. I have added a few more references. Akanga was choreographer for Cirque du Soleil and Circo Price. She choreographed shows in Israel and Spain.Ruud Buitelaar (talk) 03:59, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

you cannot vote twice! FuzzyMagma (talk) 20:48, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: It is OK by me, @FuzzyMagma, to strike out my vote, but please note that after @Liz relisted the AfD to generate a more thorough discussion, I found new information and references. I think that part at least you should not strike out. Ruud Buitelaar (talk) 03:52, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for that. I amended my edit above. FuzzyMagma (talk) 10:18, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Ruud Buitelaar (talk) 15:44, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I voted Keep yesterday, on the basis that she had been a choreographer for Cirque du Soleil, Circo Price, Cirque Zumba Zumba, Illusia. However, doing a web search on "Cirque du Soleil" and Akanga shows that she was one of five assistants to the choreographers in 2013, a year before she claimed to have been a choreographer with them. Searching for "Notre-Dame de Paris" and Akanga shows that she was a dancer in that show, not a lead role or a choreographer. So we are left with choreographing Illusia for Imagination Circus in Israel, and Pasión sin puñales for Teatro Circo Price (and co-choreographing at least one other show for them). WP:CREATIVE requires that "The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews" . It's not clear that the shows she choreographed are significant or well-known, or have multiple reviews, so I don't think she meets that. RebeccaGreen (talk) 04:05, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Thanks for being thorough. I took the sources at face value FuzzyMagma (talk) 11:16, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]