Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Federico Colpi

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. Wizardman 02:22, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Federico Colpi

Article that came to my attention as an unsourced BLP (unsourced since 2006). Both reading the article and searching through news archives convinces me that there are not independent reliable sources writing primarily about him. I don't think that he passes the general notability requirements Peripitus (Talk) 08:57, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:04, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: If either that he was the first foreign publisher to sign a license with Shueisha or the claims of his influence in spreading manga in Europe can be verified, I would argue it would be a sufficiently notable achievement that we do not need sources writing primarily about him -- his doing it would be enough. —Quasirandom (talk) 14:07, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If all we can say, while meeting the standards here, is that he exists then we have a very very poor article. - Peripitus (Talk) 21:51, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Per policy, being a poor article is not a crime. That's the thing about collaborative volunteer projects -- sometimes you have wait a while for someone who knows about the subject (or is sufficiently motivated to learn) to swot things into shape. —Quasirandom (talk) 22:30, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

By Poor article I mean that all we can write from the reliable sources that exist today is that he exists. We can say the same about a vast number of people but that hardly makes for an encyclopedic article. - Peripitus (Talk) 03:08, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nja²⁴⁷ 08:50, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 13:29, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete My search verifies the nominator's claims...I find very few sources (5 google news archive hits), and they seem to be either written by him, or just mention him briefly, as in [1] or [2]. Google doesn't turn up anything good either, he seems very solidly non-notable. Cazort (talk) 21:11, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I easily found references about him, adding three external links. There is plenty more out there to add, but three is enough to prove notability. You can also search for his name or the name of his company d/world with the name of the series they released, if you wanted to find information. He was the first to bring over many notable manga and anime series from Japan to Europe, and continued to do so today. Dream Focus 23:08, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete some people have strange ideas, what is a RS, it is not random stuff you find on internet. Reliable, independant sources people. RetroS1mone talk 00:16, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Reluctant delete - Those links that were just added are not reliable independent sources. I'm unable to turn up any information on the man myself in Italian or English, however this information does look like it was taken from an interview, though I think they're from several personal blogs that I've found that have interviewed him, which wouldn't be a reliable source. I checked the Italian version and it is also unsourced, it appears to be a translation of the English article. I would say this should be deleted and/or userfied unless reliable independent sources are found to verify this information. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 06:40, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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