Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Stafylas


 * 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. Sources were located, and there was a strong push towards the end of the discussion. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  17:17, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Michael Stafylas

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The article suggests that he may be notable, but provides no sources to back it up. I can't find anything under any of the spelling variations of his name, or the Greek spelling. I don't speak Greek though, so it could be a language barrier; happy to withdraw nomination if so. Tagged for notability since June 2007; twice prodded. Jfire (talk) 19:27, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep I moved the page to Michales Staphylas which is the Library of Congress Romanization of the name, and where 5 of his books are listed in their catalog. WorldCat shows 22 books [Michales Staphylas] but not many US library holdings. It's clear from that page he has published  a number of bios of major  Greek literary figures.  DGG (talk) 02:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. He does seem to be mildly notable, but sources on his life that would allow a verifiable biography to be written also seem hard to come by. The official website of his village has a small bio blurb, which I guess is better than nothing. --Delirium (talk) 03:20, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * FWIW, I suspect that User:C.zacharakis, the creator of this article, is the owner of that website, as he/she has created articles for most of the figures listed there, each with a link back to the site. E.g. Markos Giolias, Zacharias Papantoniou, etc. Jfire (talk) 03:25, 1 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 5 January 2009 (UTC)


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 * Delete The souces required to verify notability seem to be lacking. --Stormbay (talk) 00:22, 6 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak delete notability is possible but not established, and the article is so short and devoid of valuable content it might very well be best to start from scratch at a future point when references are found. Skomorokh  23:49, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Lacks notability. And the web site reference is in Greek which means one can't WP:V. A google search only shows that he is an author. not a major best selling author, I don't think. --Artene50 (talk) 01:21, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - the Library of Congress is one of the largest libraries in the world, that they hold his books doesn't make him notable. I'm open to recreation if sources can be found, but as it is there just isn't evidence of notability here. Terraxos (talk) 02:51, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

*delete lack of notability. The Rolling Camel (talk) 00:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC) 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —  Aitias   // discussion 00:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Strong keep per User:DGG and Delerium. There are 5 books listed in the Library of Congress for this author, I venture to guess that not a single delete editor knows Greek, so it is probably difficult to check sources in greek.travb (talk) 01:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Please assume good faith and avoid name-calling in AFDs. MuZemike 23:26, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The comment only said it's unlikely any of the editors commenting so far is unlikely to have been able to read relevant sources. It draws into questions people's ability to accurately assess the article based on a good reason, but I'm not seeing any name-calling. - Mgm|(talk) 01:38, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep:Notability established by the translated version of the other Wikipedia article. --Jmundo (talk) 05:40, 10 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep per Jmundo's comment above. The Rolling Camel (talk) 10:35, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Per above. Μιχάλης Σταφυλάς gets better google and gbooks results than Μιχαήλ Σταφυλάς, though of course all in greek. John Z (talk) 21:37, 10 January 2009 (UTC)


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