Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lucius Petrosidius


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The result was merge to Aquilifer.  MBisanz  talk 22:26, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Lucius Petrosidius

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No evidence at all of satisfying Wikipedia's notability guidelines. He was the subject of a single one-sentence mention in a book, and that is all. Some of the references don't even mention him, and I have been unable to find any source anywhere which gives him more than a single sentence mention. A PROD was removed by the editor who created the article, with an edit summary which said "I do assure you that Lucius Petrosidius meets the notibility guidelines because he is the only named aquilifer (prestigious rank in roman military) in all of history." However, while that is an interesting observation, it has no bearing whatever on Wikipedia's notability guidelines. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 10:52, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete unfortunately perhaps and Draft if ever needed, Books literally only finds a few links, nothing else convincing. SwisterTwister   talk  05:56, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  05:56, 8 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Merge to Aquilifer. As we move back in history, there's less reliable sources on, well, everything. Still, it is not our job to create them. It is up to historians to write about such topics. This is, in essence, a historical OR essay, and as such does not belong here. "espite only being referenced once in historical text, Lucius Petrosidius' life was one of great significance, for he is one of the only Aquilifers in history to have his named preserved" - this is an assertion of importance that seems to come from the author of this Wikipedia article, not from any reliable source. Parts of this can be merged to Aquilifer, presumably, through I am not sure if more then one sentence "LP is the only aq... whose name is preserved in history" would survive. Sadly, again, everything else here is non-encyclopedic OR. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 07:18, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep I fail to see how one of the only surviving accounts of a man who served in one of the most prestigious positions of the longest standing civilization in human history cannot meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. User:PETROSIDIUS" (talk) 19:44, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge to Aquilifer. -- My guess is that we know nothing of this man except for a brief mention by Caesar. Accordingly, the circumstances of his death and his bravery  are noteworthy.  The aquilifer (eagle-bearer) was the standard bearer of a Roman legion.  I would not like to see us lose this content from WP.  However, I doubt there is enough to merit a separate article.  Standard merge procedure will leave a redirect.  The core of this article will provide an appropriate section for that article: "Few aquilifers are recorded individually in history.  An exception to this is Lucius Petrosidius ...".  Peterkingiron (talk) 15:13, 10 May 2016 (UTC)


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