Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gennaro Serra, Duke of Cassano


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The result was Keep.  (non-admin closure).Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 18:17, 21 August 2014 (UTC)


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per WP:SOLDIER NickGibson3900 - Talk - Sign my Guestbook 06:39, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
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– Davey 2010 •  (talk)  01:43, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Good grief. I'm too tired from writing the Gennaro Serra article to write anymore, do not delete it because:


 * Gennaro Serra was a member of the House of Carafa, one of the most prominent aristocratic families in Naples, if not Italy, who lived in the monumental Palazzo Serra di Cassano in Naples, but who, in some ways working against his natal class, helped found the Parthenopean Republic, but despite surrendering to Cardinal Ruffo, the surrender agreement was in part voided by Admiral Nelson and his squeeze Lady Hamilton, leading to the execution of Eleonora Pimentel, Luisa Sanfelice ,Mario Pagano, and Ignazio Ciaia. One of whom argued with him about the wisdom of establishing a cavalry unit, other arrested with him for distributing the first copies of the declaration of the rights of man in naples, and some of whom were executed on the same stage on the same day. Luisa is an example of also how the counter revolutionary purge hit the aristocracy, and how it later influence artists; Serra's execution gave an idea to Tito Angelini. Good grief!Rococo1700 (talk) 06:51, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

PLEASE DO NOT DELETE COMMENTARY ON THIS DISCUSSION!!!!!!! Good grief. I'm too tired from writing the Gennaro Serra article to write anymore.

I find it editorial that I have to justify why not to delete a biography on an individual whose memory is still around two hundred years later for rather earthshaking events in the history of Naples, but those who wish to delete it, do not have to make no effort at explaining themselves. I have seen zero, zero effort by anyone to justify why this article has to be deleted.

Rococo1700 (talk) 15:59, 7 August 2014 (UTC)Rococo1700 (talk) 13:14, 7 August 2014 (UTC) 
 * Keep. I see really a bunch of Google Books sources covering this individual, most Italian sources (a few are false positive as there is a Gennaro Serra street in Naples), which include a 1999 biographical work (Gennaro Serra di Cassano: un portone chiuso in faccia al tiranno by Pietro Gargano). Apparently an important figure in the short-lived Parthenopean Republic (eg, the book Terronismo by Marco Demarco refers to his life events as a popular myth). Moving the page to Gennaro Serra di Cassano or to Gennaro Serra could be in order. Cavarrone 21:22, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - this individual's WP:Notability should not be assessed on the grounds of WP:Soldier alone, as he has strong aristocratic and political reasons for notability - he was a Duke when that really meant something!!. Buckshot06 (talk) 12:57, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 22:12, 14 August 2014 (UTC)


 * KeepA well known person in Italy.User:Lucifero4
 * Keep per the information provided by Cavarrone. Egsan Bacon (talk) 14:24, 21 August 2014 (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.