Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marius Vladu


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The result was   delete. JForget 00:39, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Marius Vladu

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There is no evidence that this individual is notable, and I will go point-by-point to demonstrate that.


 * Being "Executive Director of the Institute of Political Research-PCI" isn't necessarily a notable position. It's also unverified. Moreover, the Institute's website says its director is one Daniel Barbu, not Marius Vladu.


 * Being "Deputy Secretary General of the Union of Right Forces" also isn't that notable, considering this party's insignificance while it existed and the fact that he was in a mere deputy position.


 * Being "Secretary General of the People's Action" isn't that great a feat either, given that this party, somewhat of a joke anyway, was always Emil Constantinescu's show, and never gained enough traction to win even a single parliamentary seat.


 * Being "Deputy Secretary General of the National Liberal Party" sounds slightly more impressive, as that party is actually a serious one, except that the position is a purely internal party one. In other words, he was an assistant to the Secretary General, named by the latter and without any reference to political clout.


 * In fact, aside from a passing mention of his People's Action function, none of the content is verified. Even so, Vladu has never held elective office, has helped lead (but not actually led) two failed political parties, and has not received much in the way of independent coverage in reliable sources. That doesn't sound like a notable politician. - Biruitorul Talk 14:28, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  —Empty Buffer (talk) 14:36, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Romania-related deletion discussions.  —Empty Buffer (talk) 14:36, 26 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete I can find very little mention of him by web search. There doesn't really seem to be any evidence of real notability. Elton Bunny (talk) 15:20, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Elton Bunny. The subject just isn't that notable.  If this article were to survive, it would need much better verifiable references from reliable sources and inline citations.    —  Jeff G.  ツ  16:54, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:GNG, since I know nothing about Romanian politics. I've tried searching for the name in conjunction with the party names in Romanian: it's possible that political news there tends to be in print rather than online, but we need WP:Verifiable references from WP:RS even for the modest claims made. The ELs currently in the article don't seem to mention the subject by name, so it would be good if a fluent Romanian speaker could review them for relevance. This article has had a strange edit history, with several WP:SPAs removing templates and references right and left, so it will probably need an eye kept on it for the rest of the AFD's seven days. Empty Buffer (talk) 18:31, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: the sockpuppetry in this entry is pretty obvious, I started a sock investigation at Sockpuppet investigations/Arefeanustefan. Hairhorn (talk) 19:53, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
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