Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boško Perić


 * 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   delete. Wine Guy's argument is compelling. Per WP:BOP, "if no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article on it", and the article cites only self published, possibly partisan sources.  Sandstein  08:47, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Boško Perić

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Wikipedia is not a memorial. DimaG (talk) 18:22, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. It's possible that Perić is notable as a combat leader during a major war. For one thing it appears to be true that a square in Brčko is named after him. However a google news archive search brings up only 12 hits from 1990-2009, largely in the Bosnia and Herzegovina newspaper Nezavisne novine. Perhaps Perić is discussed in detail there (though the odds are good that it would not be in a complimentary fashion), but I cannot read the articles (not sure if it's published in Serbian or Bosnian or what). If the article cannot be sourced I would have to say that deletion is necessary, so in order to avoid that we'll need someone familiar with the language in which these articles are written. --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 19:06, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bosnia-related deletion discussions.  —Bigtimepeace | talk |  contribs 19:07, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Serbia-related deletion discussions.  —Bigtimepeace | talk |  contribs 19:07, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep He does appear to be notable. There is a photo and he has a nice biography at "БОШКО ПЕРИЋ- ПЕША" "MAGNA SERBIA - SERBIA ETERNA!" a site honoring war heroes in Serbian. Both of the links in references in the article appear to be broken.  I found much discussion of him as a hero, but it was in forums and blogs.  The books that mention Boško Perić seem to be about an earlier man. Unfortunately Бошко Перић is not a unique name, one of the articles that Bigtimepeace found was about a totally different Boško Perić who was busted along with his wife and mother in 2009 for drug manufacturing. There is also a current author by that name. --Bejnar (talk) 20:21, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I should note that the article has been in the Wikipedia since 20 August 2006, so it is not so strange that the old links have gone dead. --Bejnar (talk) 20:36, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  00:49, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Weak keep Notable enough to warrant an article since a square is named after him and he's had some coverage. Getting a reliably sourced article that is accurate and not propaganda and hearsay is another issue. Perhaps it should be stubbefied to what can be verified? ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:36, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:03, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep as per ChildofMidnight. Buckshot06 (talk) 01:25, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't see any WP:RS about this person, only the bio in what appears to be a Serbian nationalist blog. The fact that there is a public square in a town of 40,000 that bears his name does not make him notable, unless you consider that a "notable award or honor"; I don't. The villages, towns, and cities of the world are littered with squares, parks, roads, etc. named for people who are not remotely notable outside their hometown. Wine Guy  ~Talk  08:03, 7 February 2010 (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.