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The result was Speedy keep, nominator withdraws, and no other editor advocating deletion. (non-admin closure) Quasihuman | Talk 10:40, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Giuseppe Colucci (antiquarian) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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Nominate for deletion Can find nothing to support WP:NOTABILITY. Only reference is in Italian, and I couldn't find any English language ones. He is described as a 'prolific writer', which suggests possibility of notability, but it isn't backed up. It's been tagged as of unclear notability for 4 years. Boleyn (talk) 17:09, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 18:09, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 18:19, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th edn) refers to him as ‘a famous writer on the antiquities of Picenum’.[1] That in itself seems sufficient to establish his notability. Furthermore, though, Google book search throws up hundreds of references to him, even after you eliminate his two principal namesakes, and there are a fair number of citations in Google scholar search. Ian Spackman (talk) 19:53, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And here—why didn’t I think to look there first?—is the article on him in the Dizionario biografico degli italiani, the approximate equivalent to the British DNB. Ian Spackman (talk) 20:06, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

comment — maybe rather than discussing deletion here, we should be filing an afc request on italian wp, as they only have this. — alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 21:57, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• keep — clearly notable. this google scholar search (not all hits about this guy) shows that there is discussion of his work, as does this google books search. heck, britannica even called him famous. there are four articles on jstor if you have access that discuss the guy. lousy article, but notability is clear. the fact that it isn't backed up is not a reason to delete. (sorry for duplication of some of above; edit conflict) — alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 19:59, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep clearly notable as above. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:31, 9 September 2011 (UTC).[reply]
• Keep - Many reliable sources establish notability of the topic. Sources can be in any language. For help with translations, refer to Yahoo Babelfish, a language translator. Northamerica1000 (talk) 06:29, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Withdrw nomination for deletion I'm glad others could find so much - it removes the concerns I had. Could I ask those who've found info to add some to the article if they have time? Thanks. Boleyn (talk) 08:10, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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