Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Josaphat Chichkov


 * 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   keep. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  ♠ 22:56, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Josaphat Chichkov

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Does not appear to be notable. Exert (talk) 23:40, 29 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak keep - due to a smattering of sources on Google News. Will probably require a bit of effort to tease a quality article out of it. -- Scjessey (talk) 23:43, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. With four books and a papal homily listed as references in the article how does this "not appear to be notable"? Phil Bridger (talk) 16:44, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Here at Wikipedia we don't delegate decisions of notability to religious leaders. We have our own standards of notability.  Drawn Some (talk) 00:22, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * But we do delegate decisions of notability to reliable sources, such as the books cited. Phil Bridger (talk) 10:04, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:59, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Weak keep Perhaps a merged article on those executed along with him would be best? ChildofMidnight (talk) 20:40, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Why the "weak"? Multiple reliable sources have been provided to satisfy the general notability guideline and WP:ANYBIO says that people are generally notable if they have "received a notable award or honor". Speaking as a confirmed and sometimes militant atheist (that's the second time I've had to say that in two days) I can't think of many more notable awards or honours than beatification in a church with over a billion members. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:10, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Per sources in article & cited above,  beatification and in keeping with result of Articles for deletion/Pavel Djidjov.John Z (talk) 02:13, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep satisfies WP:NOTE, plenty of sources. The man is beatified by the RCC. Ostap 22:32, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
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