Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dominico Venetucci


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The result was   keep.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 03:54, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Dominico Venetucci

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Declined A7 speedy nominee, but still appears to fail WP:BIO. SchuminWeb (Talk) 20:08, 14 August 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:21, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:31, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep The man has been feeding 30k per year for 54 years and it does not make him notable. It maybe a curio, but clearly notable. scope_creep (talk) 02:28, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * But with no sources to substantiate that notability. SchuminWeb (Talk) 03:27, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Coverage in the single secondary source is not sufficient to establish notability per WP:BIO. Much of the article remains unsourced. Uncle Dick (talk) 18:55, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep - Venetucci The Pumpkin Man was notable enough to have a statue of his likeness erected in Colorado Springs, Colorado — LINK. That's pretty darned good indication that we are dealing with a notable individual here. The article needs to be wikified and the footnotes put into form, but this is a case of "fix it — don't nix it." Carrite (talk) 01:48, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Here's ANOTHER LINK for more on The Pumpkin Man. Carrite (talk) 01:52, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It seems that The Pumpkin Man is also namesake of a school in Colorado Springs. Another link. Carrite (talk) 01:57, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * There's another one, a story on examiner.com on the Venetucci farm... All sorts of sources for The Pumpkin Man, regardless of the quality of the current article, he's very clearly over the notability bar... Carrite (talk) 02:00, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * For those of you craving something from the Mainstream Media, here's a story in the Colorado Springs Gazette: LINK. Carrite (talk) 02:03, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: I'm working... Carrite (talk) 02:41, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Comment: Well, I'm out of gas for the evening. There are 3 separate mainstream news stories showing, as well as documentation that there is a statue in Venetucci's honor, a school named after him, and a beer named after him. The story in The Reader's Digest and coverage by Kuralt's "On the Road" remain "in the long grass," so to speak, but this is an individual who very clearly meets the General Notability Guidelines. Carrite (talk) 03:54, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Second wind... The Reader's Digest story appeared in 1985; now have a page cite up for mention in Kuralt's book. Carrite (talk) 04:38, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Moving on now. It sits with 4 independent mainstream media news stories, all footnoted, statue, school, and beer named after him, Reader's Digest article dated, Kuralt book cited, with 3 in-links to the page established. Needs to have the title changed to "Nick Venetucci" as soon as AfD closes. Carrite (talk) 16:39, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

DELETE
Not worthy of inclusion in encyclopedia


 * Keep. The rancher has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.--Stepheng3 (talk) 22:55, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
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