Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Adam (diplomat)


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The result was   keep. Daniel (talk) 01:23, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

David Adam (diplomat)

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Fails WP:BIO. There is no inherent notability of ambassadors, so that is not a valid keep argument. LibStar (talk) 14:48, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Significant coverage in reliable sources, and notable per WP:DIPLOMAT as he had a significant role in the 1973 Chilean coup-d'etat. Not surprisingly, it's difficult to find newspaper articles about him from the 1970s, but one should presume that these exist. He also appears to have edited a number of publications on diplomatic relations. (When searching, be sure not to confuse him with David J. Adams, who which was at the center of a diplomatic dispute in the late 19th century.) Soon we should add ambassadors to WP:OUTCOMES. Pburka (talk) 20:26, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
 * some ambassador articles have been deleted, and a discussion of the proposal to grant them inherent notability has gone nowhere. LibStar (talk) 10:46, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Indeed, and I've !voted to delete some, but I think the majority are kept. Pburka (talk) 11:29, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Still that wouldn't grant inherent notability. WP:BIO is still the standard for ambassadors. LibStar (talk) 14:26, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. While there is no clear consensus that all diplomats are inherently notable, this is the man that rescued almost a dozen people during one of history's bloodiest coups. Bearian (talk) 17:06, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep appears to pass WP:BIO as mentioned above. I'd definitely object to automatic notability for ambassadors, there can be some pretty insignificant ones, but this guy did something notable, so that doesn't matter here. Monty  845  00:18, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
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