Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luigi Verderame


 * 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. Nomination withdrawn. The only delete !vote was in regards to reliable sources, which was what prompted the nomination. The nomination was withdrawn due to a reliable source being found, which cancels out the only delete !vote. (non-admin closure)  D u s t i *poke* 07:33, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Luigi Verderame

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Notability concerns: Can't find reliable, secondary sources which provide coverage of this putative singer in order to demonstrate notability under WP:GNG or WP:ENT. Long-term unsourced BLP. Contested PROD. -- j &#9883; e decker  talk  21:52, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete:Per WP:RS. --Monterey Bay (talk) 04:49, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. I don't understand why you want to delete this page: Luigi (this, without his last name, was his stage name) was a very well known singer in the 60s, at least in Europe and the middle east. He had two very well known hits, "Pitie" and "Une Maman", which you can still find all around, including in youtube, for example and . In those video clips, you can also see photographs of his albums, and newspaper clippings about him (I don't know who created these clips, and don't have access to the original material). In  you can find many of his songs in mp3 format. Finally, if you still don't believe he's notable, I also found a book source: Dictionnaire de la chanson en Wallonie et à Bruxelles By Robert Wangermée, Pascale Vandervellen, 1995, page 231. See on Google books:, which has a short biography of Luigi, confirming some of the material in this article (though possibly the article can be further improved with this new-found source). I hope that this singer is, or at least was, notable. I don't understand why you insist to delete his article. Nyh (talk) 09:33, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - The Youtube clips aren't a reliable source. But the "Dictionnaire de la chanson en Wallonie et à Bruxelles" entry found by Nyh (thanks!) is.  The subject's career predates widespread internet coverage so there's likely more offline, and not in English. -- Whpq (talk) 16:57, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep as nom I withdraw my own objection to the article based on the book source found by Nyh. I missed it in my own search. (As per Whpq, the video sources are *not* WP:RS, and I'd suggest people reread that and WP:BLP ifthere is any question as to why.)  --  j &#9883; e decker  talk  18:05, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment I've added that source to the article, and updated the maint. tags to reflect that. --  j &#9883; e decker  talk  18:10, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I want to add that although the book I found answers once and for all that Luigi was a notable singer (and not some kid singing in a school play ;-)), it doesn't actually verify some of specific details now on the article. I believe that it was actually I that added most (if not all) these details several years ago, based on details I found in the information booklet of a Luigi CD that I own. Indeed, many of these details should be better verified, I am not disagreeing with that. Any many more details are missing (e.g., I have no idea what he's doing today). I only insisted that he was in fact a notable singer.Nyh (talk) 19:36, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Indeed, but that's an editing issue, not a reason to delete, I think we (now) agree on that, too. Cheers.  --  j &#9883; e decker  talk  19:47, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Belgium-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:32, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:32, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
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