Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antoni Vila Casas


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The result was   Speedy delete. per WP:G12, copyvio. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:14, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Antoni Vila Casas

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No indication of significance and no reliable third party references available Itsalleasy (talk) 18:10, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Good Afternoon

Antoni Vila Casas should not be deleted, is a public person in Catalonia, winner of several disctintions:
 * Antoni Vila Casas. Winner of the Montblanc Award for Culture
 * Antoni Vila Casas. Winner of the Peix Fregit Award for heritage conservation for Can Mario Museum
 * Gran Creu de l’ordre del Mèrit Civil in 1996
 * the Creu de Sant Jordi in 1999
 * Premi Consell Nacional de la Cultura i les Arts (CONCA) al patrimoni cultural in 2009

He is one of the most important art collectors of Spain and,I can point several newspapers with interviews and articles about his achievements, collecting and promoting catalan art, taking great satisfaction in helping his country by rehabilitating buildings that are emblematic of Catalonia and Catalan traditions and turning them into museums for contemporary art.

Thank you very much and if you need references, please feel free for asking me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joanrague (talk • contribs) 18:22, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:56, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:56, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Weak keep, but... The reasons for the nomination are disputable. The article already cited one reliable third party reference - an article in El Pais - when it was nominated, and the article's details of the various honours and awards he has won and his activities as a patron and promoter of the arts amount to an assertion of significance. However, the article is very clearly over-promotional, and the fact that its creator's only activity over three versions of Wikipedia (this one, Catalan and Spanish) has been creating and expanding articles directly related to the Fundació Vila Casas strongly suggests some connection with the Fundació and thus a conflict of interest. The best thing to do with the article would probably be to replace the text entirely with information drawn from the Catalan Wikipedia article, though keeping the three references cited in the middle paragraph, these being from the El Pais article I have already mentioned and from the awarders of two of his other honours (none of which currently seem to be cited in the Catalan article) - which are definitely primary but can be taken as reliable regarding the respective awards. PWilkinson (talk) 21:14, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

No views on the notability of the subject, but it appears to be a wholesale copyright violation from here. I haven't yet blanked the article as it is listed here, but the copyright issue needs to be resolved.-- Kateshortforbob  talk 20:16, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
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