Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martiniano Ferreira Botelho


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The result was Merge. User:DGG has kindly offered his services for this outcome. JERRY talk contribs 02:53, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Martiniano Ferreira Botelho

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No reliable source concerning this article. I couldn't find the book mentionned in the Bibliography. On the OCLC database as well as in Google Books, Martiniano Ferreira Botelho is unknown. SalomonCeb (talk) 15:14, 9 February 2008 (UTC) :Keep - Had you bothered to click on the interwiki link to the Portuguese article, you would see three references right there. This might be worth withdrawing. matt91486 (talk) 16:30, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * —Preceding unsigned comment added by SalomonCeb (talk • contribs) 15:19, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Additionally, sorry if my phrasing sounded a little harsh. It wasn't intentional.  I can see the purpose of the nomination once I look at the history (I was looking just at the articles themselves before, not looking into the history, that's me being sloppy, sorry), but there are references that seem to show that Martiniano is somewhat notable. matt91486 (talk) 17:04, 9 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Please User:SolomonCeb you may want to delete other articles of mine but please let me contribute peacefully. Please check with more care and let me work please. I am a reliable contributor defending allways wikipedia principles, learning also with some mistakes and above all constructing. Don't do this please. Regards Carlos Botelho (talk) 16:48, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Dear Mr Botelho, Thank you for adding some references to the article. The problem, unfortunately, remains unchanged, for example, if I check the ISBN 9729813701 you mentionned, answer of the OCLC database is No book related to this ISBN. Please, understand that to validate this article, we need some written references which can be accessed by our readers. Best regards. SalomonCeb (talk) 01:05, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless references to reliable sources are added to demonstrate verifiability and notability it should be deleted. For more explanations, please see Articles for deletion/Carlos Botelho. --Copiste (talk) 22:58, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep See please that book exists and see again the external link i post in the article. Check this link please

Regards Carlos Botelho (talk) 19:05, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete The book by him is just a doctoral thesis; it was apparently all he published. The other references are local biographical dictionaries, which are typically not very selective. I think he is a local figure, not notable, just like the many local notables in the US whose articles get deleted with regularity. His house was turned into a municipal museum i House of the County in the town of Vila Pouca de Aguiar -- population 15,000. We should probably delete that article on the museum also, as we would a similar small town museum in the US or UK. I am a consistent advocate for covering all countries to the same degree of comprehensiveness.
 * But actually there's a simpler solution--merge both into the article on the town, which could use some content. I can do that, since I see I can manage to decipher the Portuguese a swell as the roughly translated English. DGG (talk) 20:23, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete/Merge Although the book is a thesis, he was the first to study the "Pedras Salgadas mineral water" and their medical properties. I agree entirely with the merge of both articles and it would benefit the Vila Pouca de Aguiar article. The result might be bether for sure. Best regards and thank you for your help DGG Carlos Botelho (talk) 22:22, 10 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Merge per above. Definitely a notable as a local figure, but it makes more sense to me to include him in the town/village article.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 00:44, 17 February 2008 (UTC).


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