Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arsen Mikayelyan


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 04:36, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Arsen Mikayelyan

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Ambassadors are arguably notable, but there is no such presumption for consuls. Armenia has an ambassador to Romania; this chap is a consul. Now, per WP:DIPLOMAT, he could be notable - that is, if he has "participated in a significant way in events of particular diplomatic importance". Well, let's check on that.

This article informs us that he was among several officials present at the annual town festival of Dumbrăveni (population 7,000), which included several Armenian-themed events. This one informs us that he attended an art exhibit and took part in a roundtable discussion.

I don't know about you, but "events of particular diplomatic importance" would seem to me to require a rather higher threshold, something like negotiating an important treaty, arranging for hostage rescue, coordinating disaster relief, informing the host government of a declaration of war, and so forth. Paron Mikayelyan doubtless draws a generous salary from the Armenian Foreign Ministry. He's not going to sit around his office all day (although he probably could, and no one would really notice) - from time to time, he's going to look at paintings, watch some folk dancers, appear on stages and look important. That's his job, that's how he justifies the salary. But in the absence of any legitimate reasons to consider him either a notable diplomat or a notable biographical subject at all, I would say let's delete. - Biruitorul Talk 05:18, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete fails WP:BIO and WP:DIPLOMAT. being an ambassador is not inherently notable. being a consul general less so. LibStar (talk) 02:34, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 01:33, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

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


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 01:00, 5 December 2013 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.