Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gaspare Mastroianni


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The result was   delete. Fabrictramp |  talk to me  00:55, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Gaspare Mastroianni

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The subject of the article fails general WP:Notability criteria as well as Notability (people). The article is more or less an anecdote about a 19th century Italian immigrant who allegedly taught American people that tomatoes are "good to eat" as opposed to the the supposed 19th century American belief that tomatoes are poisonous. A Google search bring up mostly Wiki-mirror sites and a couple of other blog/self-published sites that mention the anecdote. There are no reliable sources to indicate this person is notable, therefore the article also fails WP:V and WP:RS. SWik78 (talk • contribs) 13:18, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions. --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  20:37, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  20:38, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, if the only notability of this person is that he taught Americans or in this case people in Pittsburgh that it was safe to eat tomatoes, then this person is does not fulfill Notability (people) as Thomas Jefferson was the person to truly promote tomatoes as an edible fruit in the United States. I also looked through all of my texts on American cuisine including the Oxford Encyclopedia to American Food and Drink and he did not appear anywhere. The rest of the article is written anecdotaly as the nominator mentions and tells nothing of why this person is notable. I also performed the usual Google search and found nothing about him to help fix or expand the article.--Chef Tanner (talk) 21:17, 5 July 2008 (UTC)


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