Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Pichette


 * 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 delete. Notability not established. &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 10:41, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Robert Pichette

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WP:BLP, depending entirely on primary sources with no sign of reliable source coverage, of a flag designer. This would get him into Wikipedia if RS coverage were there to get him over WP:GNG, but does not entitle him to a no-RS-required freebie. Further, the article was created by User:JeanPichette, a likely conflict of interest — there's far, far too much entirely unsourced personal life detail here for the article to have been created by anyone other than a direct member of his own family. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 02:31, 19 July 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete Does not have reliable source coverage.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:37, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Music1201  talk  16:05, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:49, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:50, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 05:25, 1 August 2016 (UTC) Hello, I'm Jean Pichette, indeed Robert Pichette's nephew. Some have said that that there is no sign that Robert Pichette was a flag designer. The transcripts of the Canadian Senate in 2000 and 2015 relate that he was indeed the creator of the NB Flag. The Premier at the time, Louis Robichaud, was also senator in 2000 and was present at the allocution. The problem resides in the fact that R. Pichette was a civil servant at the time and civil servants rarely get the honours of their work. When we look at Encyclopedia Britannica, R. Pichette is listed as having contributed to the creation of NB Flag. In addition to developping the NB Flag, R. Pichette has written more than 30 books and 50 articles mostly relating to Acadian History. This alone would warrant a page in Wikipedia. I would not have any problems in removing information that is deemed too personal. Jean Pichette (talk) 16:32, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Nobody's said that he's not a flag designer — but being a flag designer is not a thing that entitles a person to have an encyclopedia article, if reliable source coverage about them isn't substantive enough to make them more than just a WP:BLP1E. And if you're his nephew, then you have a conflict of interest and should not be editing the article at all — your relationship with the subject does not entitle you to an exemption from having to follow Wikipedia's rules and regulations. Bearcat (talk) 19:12, 7 August 2016 (UTC)


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