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Santi Bonfanti

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Does not seem to meet General notability guidelines, specifically "Significant coverage" and "Independent of the subject". All of the sources about the subject are military public affairs type publications. The Italian version of the article was deleted on 3 August 2010 as unencyclopedic or promotional it:Santi Bonfanti. EricSerge (talk) 22:49, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:52, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:52, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Not a very well written article, but seems to be a distinguished and highly decorated Italian officer. --Legis (talk - contribs) 08:03, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. General officers are generally considered to be notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:31, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Alpha_Quadrant ^(talk) 00:33, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Leaving aside the editorial issue that the article is basically a disaster, the sourcing supplied is either plainly incidental or sourced to a press release. As for the Keep !votes above, I'm curious (sincerely so, because it will probably change my vote) if there is any specific piece of the notability guidelines that supports including Brigadier Generals and/or decorated army personnel in the absence of proper sourcing. I'm not aware of any such guideline or precedent, but that certainly doesn't mean none exists. If none exists, my vote is definitely a delete based on the sourcing. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 19:54, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There does appear to be a fair amount of coverage on this person. I will try and do some cleanup and tag the article for rescue. Alpha_Quadrant ^(talk) 20:26, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nice. I'll check back in a bit then! ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 20:56, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Brigadier General Santi Bonfanti is the commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). That seems rather notable. They have people being killed on both sides there. And he gets coverage for this. Dream Focus 21:48, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Commment I don't think it's splitting hairs to point out that he's a Deputy Commander. Not "the commander." That's simply inaccurate and misleading. I note with interest that he's not listed/mentioned on the UNIFIL Mission Leadership page.
How about supplying, here or in-article, some of the coverage you mention? I'm personally okay with changing my mind on this one. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 21:54, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me. Deputy commander. Just click the Google news archive search button at the top of the AFD. Dream Focus 22:21, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aye, I did that before voting. I haven't found any articles in the GNews search that are actually about him, although he has been quoted in a few articles. Being quoted is not significant coverage, per WP:GNG ("address the subject directly and in detail"), although I note that academics are often ascribed notability on the basis of being considered an authority on certain subjects. Perhaps that could apply to Mr. Bonfanti in this case, but I'm very uncertain about that. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 22:31, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There only appears to be about 5 English sources. Given that this person is an Italian Major General, there may be stronger coverage in Italian news sources. Several of the Italian Google news search results appear to be quite substantial. It might be of benefit to have an Italian speaker take more detailed look. Alpha_Quadrant ^(talk) 02:49, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. A cruddy resume for a long-serving civil servant in a uniform, currently seconded to the commander of UNIFIL as his press spokesman. This "highly decorated officer" has accumulated his braids and baubles by (a) climbing the greasy pole high enough to have a magical star or two pinned to his collar and, (b) just by being around long enough. I will grant that this is classier than the private sector these days--we just hand out gift cards—but where, pray tell, is the evidence to suggest that this person is notable? And please spare me the sources in the article and the obvious ones to be found in English and Italian Google searches—I've looked, and I think it's clear what my view is. Am I being mean? Sure, but may I remind you that our colleghi over at Italian WP have never even reached an AfD with this guy, they've just speedied him out—three times. Show me the ~~money~~ substantial evidence of notability. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 00:53, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 :::*Aye, I did that before voting. I haven't found any articles in the GNews search that are actually about him, although he has been quoted in a few articles. Being quoted is not significant coverage, per [[WP:GNG]] ("address the subject directly and in detail"), although I note that academics are often ascribed notability on the basis of being considered an authority on certain subjects. Perhaps that could apply to Mr. Bonfanti in this case, but I'm very uncertain about that. [[User:Ginsengbomb|<font color=#AAAAFF>'''''ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ''''']][[User talk:Ginsengbomb|<font color=#D50000>bomb</font color>]] 22:31, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
 ::::There only appears to be about 5 English sources. Given that this person is an Italian Major General, there may be stronger coverage in Italian news sources. Several of the Italian Google news search results appear to be quite substantial. It might be of benefit to have an Italian speaker take more detailed look. [[User:Alpha Quadrant|<span style="color:#000070; font-family: Times New Roman">'''''Alpha_Quadrant'''''</span>]]  [[User talk:Alpha Quadrant|<span style="color:#00680B; font-family: Times New Roman"><sup>''(talk)''</sup></span>]] 02:49, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
+*'''Delete'''. A cruddy resume for a long-serving civil servant in a uniform, currently seconded to the commander of UNIFIL as his press spokesman. This "highly decorated officer" has accumulated his braids and baubles by (a) climbing the greasy pole high enough to have a magical star or two pinned to his collar and, (b) just by being around long enough. I will grant that this is classier than the private sector these days--we just hand out gift cards—but where, pray tell, is the evidence to suggest that ''this person'' is notable? And please spare me the sources in the article and the obvious ones to be found in English and Italian Google searches—I've looked, and I think it's clear what my view is. Am I being mean? Sure, but may I remind you that our ''colleghi'' over at Italian WP have never even reached an AfD with this guy, they've just speedied him out—[http://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santi_Bonfanti&action=edit&redlink=1 three times]. Show me the <strike>money</strike> substantial evidence of notability. --[[User:Hobbes Goodyear|Hobbes Goodyear]] ([[User talk:Hobbes Goodyear|talk]]) 00:53, 18 December 2011 (UTC)