Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pedro Pablo Caro

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 keep. I agree that it's weird, but sources clearly exist and therefore he passed verifiability. I am not really sure what the writer's motivations were to write this detailed article, but there's enough here to keep it. -- Y not? 02:47, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pedro Pablo Caro

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Looks to be an article based on incidental mentions, not sources with significant coverage as required by WP:N. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:59, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I don't think this article does any harm by staying up; it will make use of the same disk space if deleted :D Sources used includes a book which goes in depth into his career (which would qualify for the "Significant coverage" criteria, perhaps), and other reliable sources (most, if not all, are published sources) are used to precise other things. Sources used also are secondary, and independent (except the one which specifies the title of his thesis). Maybe, if this gets consensus to delete, it would be best to create an article for the Caro family and dedicate him a section. But keeping the article would be, in my opinion, optimal. Lester Foster (talk | talk) 23:29, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't see any books about him, but an entry in what is, essentially, a "dictionary of biography". — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:35, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - That's correct, still, it goes in depth into his career. I found another book at the National Library of Chile which goes in depth too, I'll try to add it to the article. Lester Foster (talk | talk) 00:23, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - An entry in an encyclopedic work, such as a biographical dictionary, is precisely the type of source that demonstrates notability. We certainly don't require a whole book to have been written about a subject. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:16, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Chile-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:32, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment — not causing harm is not a valid reason to keep an article. The article is actually well-written, but I can't figure out what this guy is notable for...? TheBlueCanoe 03:07, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Precisely. We could try the A7 route, but I doubt many admins would delete it that way. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:43, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 18:46, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I came across this article as part of the DYK process and had the same concern as the nominator. As said by The Blue Canoe the article is well-written about a man with a respectable career, but it is difficult to see any specific notability relevant for Wikipedia. The article's subject appears to have worked as a lawyer and judge on a local level; the article says "communes and departments". Departments in Chile before 1974 appears to have been a second level administrative division after provinces. I can't see this would be positions that typically would indicate notability per WP:BIO. He is included in Biografías de chilenos which seems to be a project to cover those who were members of the three government branches in Chile from 1875 to 1973. I am not quite sure how selective or notable this Biografías is, so there is the one thing that makes me a bit unsure about notability and whether he is notable per WP:GNG; the entries are pretty CV-like. I posted a question regarding the notability of Caro on Wikiproject:Chile a while ago; but it doesn't seem to have given any response. Regards, Iselilja (talk) 21:54, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, L Faraone 02:19, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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