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.

The result was delete. Only arguments contesting deletion do not address the article itself. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:15, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Graziano Stefanelli[edit]

Non-notable author of one novel. No significant writeup in reliable sources - a Google search only gets 46 hits (mostly blogs, forums, MySpace, and his own websites). Fails WP:AUTHOR. Astronaut (talk) 00:19, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Speedy delete was declined, even though the same article has been speedily deleted no less than nine times from the Italian Wikipedia and seems to have been finally blocked from recreation (or at least there's no "modifica" (edit this page) or "crea" (create) tab). Astronaut (talk) 00:19, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:04, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I agree with nom; forums and blogs aren't enough to make notable, and this looks like self promotion. Fuzbaby (talk) 03:41, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I couldn't find any reliable sources. Fails WP:CREATIVE. Joe Chill (talk) 13:19, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No Graziano Stefanelli on Italian Wikipedia was deleted cause who wrote the article was stupid. I read the italian article and those were not for an enciclopedy. I don't want to tell that eveyone knows Graziano Stefanelli, but he's famous in many regions of Italy. So I think it's not just to delete this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.52.255.97 (talk) 12:39, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The nine speedy deletions were all carried out under the Italian Wikipedia's speed deletion policy speed deletion policy criteria C4 which says:

"...contenuto palesemente non enciclopedico; pagine o immagini promozionali, per es. costituite unicamente da collegamenti esterni e/o spam che reclamizzino prodotti, servizi o persone; curricula vitæ personali, specie se scritti in prima persona;"

Trans: "...obviously unencyclopedic content, promotional images or pages, eg. consist only of external links and/or spam which advertises(?) products, services or persons; personal curriculum vitae, especially if written in first person). Astronaut (talk) 16:09, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Removing this article is not just. What you said is not real! Please, don't delete this article!! You're just like the bad people on Wikipedia. You look like happy to delete articles everyday!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kyeends (talk • contribs) 12:54, 22 July 2009

This is not some conspiracy of "bad people" to delete stuff off Wikipedia. Read Wikipedia's policies on the notability of authors and notability in general, take a look at the Graziano Stefanelli article and ask yourself whether he meets the requirements of the policies. Astronaut (talk) 16:09, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I asked myself and I don't think that I'm not right. The article is just... and on wikipedia there are more articles written not well but you don't delete it because they are of "Vip and famous people". I can understand all, I'm not a Wikipedia addict but I can understand because I'm on wikipedia from many years! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.52.255.97 (talk) 08:37, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Most articles about VIPs and famous people exist because they are notable as defined by Wikipedia's policies. If some of those articles are not written well, then that can be fixed by editing. I did not nominate the Graziano Stefanelli article for deletion because it is poorly written (in fact it is better than some other articles I have seen); I nominated it because in my opinion he is simply not notable as defined by Wikipedia's policies, and the lack of significant write up in independent reliable sources did not change my opinion.

However, I am happy to be proven wrong. If he really is "famous in many regions of Italy", then that needs to be shown - perhaps Il ragazzo dalla mente acuta has been reviewed by several major newspapers such as Corriere della Sera or La Stampa, or perhaps Graziano Stefanelli has received a notable award or honor, or has been often nominated for them. Astronaut (talk) 10:30, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I keep on hoping... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.26.252.238 (talk) 12:55, 27 July 2009 (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.