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The result was keep. (X! · talk) · @301 · 06:13, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ferit Hoxha[edit]

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No indication this meets WP:GNG. I originally tagged this as A7, but in its current state, this article will probably pass A7. TheWeakWilled (T * G) 17:03, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. A country's permanent representative to the United Nations is normally one of its most senior diplomats. I added some references. For further details, see the UN biographical note at http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2009/bio4103.doc.htm -- Eastmain (talk) 18:18, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albania-related deletion discussions. _{-- Eastmain (talk) 18:18, 28 December 2009 (UTC)}[reply]
Keep. In my opinion, all permanent representatives to the United Nations are notable. Pburka (talk) 18:20, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is the wikipedia policy that backs that up? TheWeakWilled (T * G) 18:41, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strangely, no. WP:DIPLOMAT is very brief, and doesn't provide many criteria for inclusion. (There's also no policy, as far as I can tell, stating that heads of state are notable.) Clearly this is an aspect of the notability guidelines which has not received much attention. The closest policy supporting inclusion is WP:POLITICIAN: Ferit Hoxha has been appointed to a major international office. Of course, he's a diplomat and not a politician, but I'm not sure that it's relevant, or that the distinction can always even be made. Pburka (talk) 20:09, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Here is an interview with Ferit Hoxha in Panorama about the dispute between Albania and FYROM about visa requirements/ The interview did not show up in my Google News search: http://www.panorama.com.al/index.php?id=10722 Here is a translation of the interview: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.panorama.com.al%2Findex.php%3Fid%3D10722&sl=sq&tl=en This is one of the categories where references generally exist, but they may be a challenge to find. - Eastmain (talk) 19:12, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I think it would be highly unlikely for a UN representative not to be notable, and in any case, there are sufficient sources here to confirm notability. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:52, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep being permanent representative.Red Hurley (talk) 21:29, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article is boring, uninformative and about someone that, in truth, the vast majority of the English speaking world could care less about and will probably never care to look up. Still, he meets the notability requirements. Niteshift36 (talk) 05:25, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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