Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nardo Zalko


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Bungle (talk • contribs) 18:59, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Nardo Zalko

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Doesn't pass GNG Pipsally (talk) 07:49, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
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 * Strong keep - Per WP:AUTHOR. One of the greatest historians of tango and one of the few (if not the only) to approach the issue of the development of tango in Paris in the early 20 century per cited sources. The article still lacks a satisfying number of citations, however, but this is no enough reason to delete this bio--Darius (talk) 12:05, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure he does pass WP:AUTHOR asnd soem of these sources for notability need to be found, because the current ones are thin, and seemingly mostly just mentions, or an Amazon page for goodness sake.Pipsally (talk) 12:46, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Zalko's biography largerly fulfils criteria 2 and 3 of WP:AUTHOR. Julio Nudler, a prestigious Argentine journalist, |url-status=live considered Zalko the first to study in depth the evolution of tango in Paris (point 2); Zalko's work was also the main subject of at least two films, Paris, le tango et Buenos Aires and Nardo Zalko. Paris-Buenos Aires. Un siècle de Tango (point 3). Hardly mere passing mentions.Darius (talk) 14:40, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Point one. Provide a source. point 2 movie shorts that aren't actually about him in the first case. Point 3 they are largely passing mentions in the source currently cited in the page.Pipsally (talk) 15:58, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * "People are likely to be notable if they meet any of the following standards", reads section "Additional criteria", so even, to say, criterion 2 is by itself enough. BTW, the second documentary is clearly about Zalko and his work.Darius (talk) 16:15, 9 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Mild Keep He gets more than a few hits in Google Scholar as an author and as a mention in a few articles. He's written books on the subject but not sure how important they are. Oaktree b (talk) 21:31, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi, discussion participants -- I'm the person who composed and posted the article now under discussion. Following your comments, I would like to state and emphasize that within the narrow field of tango scholarship, Zalko is indeed considered an important figure. I've done several things with the article recently, which include: [1] adding sources to demonstrate that Zalko is in fact a respected tango expert who's cited by researchers and scholars (with citations appearing books, articles, papers, MA and Ph.D. theses, websites and even Wikipedia articles; [2] describing his most important book (Paris-Buenos Aires: 100 Years of Tango in French and Spanish) in more detail to emphasize its contribution to the field of tango. -- and I'd like to add here that I found several Wikipedia articles in which he was referenced: that of César Stroscio (in which all 8 of the footnotes are sourced to Zalko's book) and those of Alberto Neuman (article in French), Alberto Neuman (article in Spanish). I'm rather new on WP and would like to thank all those who have added and formatted the article.  I would appreciate it if you would recommend leaving the article up since I think it's been demonstrated that it has value and that its subject is notable. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DebbieOrigami (talk • contribs) 07:34, 17 February 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   11:19, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep: Passes the relevant SNG, which is explicitly designed for people who are successful within a niche that may be small enough to jeopardize GNG. Vaticidalprophet (talk) 12:50, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:AUTHOR and Vaticidalprophet. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 16:51, 17 February 2021 (UTC)


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