Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Salvino D'Armate (2nd nomination)


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The result was   keep or "nomination withdrawn", take your pick. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:53, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Salvino D'Armate
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Nominate and comment I did a Google search for his name and it came up with 7,600 pages - not a large amount by Google standards, but quite respectable. However, a lot of websites take their information from Wikipedia, and we certainly don't want to further spread seemingly false information.

The sources listed showing he is the inventor are not reliable sources. However, the information is there on many websites - none of them seem reliable either, but it seems to be quite widely believed that there was a possibility he invented the eyeglasses. This seems to me a tricky one - if it is widely thought that he was the inventor (and thus people would search for him), then it seems best that he has an article so people can find out why it was previously thought that he was the inventor, and what the truth is. However, if he wasn't the inventor, does he meet WP:NOTABILITY guidelines?

It survived a deletion attempt in 2004, but as that was in the early days of Wikipedia, I don't think that shows it is popularly supported.

I have nominated it as User:Cwkmail asked me for help in trying to delete this, but I have no clear opinion on whether it should be deleted or not. Boleyn (talk) 07:19, 31 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep: explain and de-bunk the claims that he was the inventor. Deleting the article would leave a vacuum which would be filled with another article claiming he was the inventor. PamD (talk) 11:58, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 12:59, 1 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - He is widely touted as the inventor wearable eyeglasses. Whether that is actually true or not is irrelevant from the point of view of notability, as there is quite wide coverage (not Wikipedia mirrors). -- Whpq (talk) 15:19, 2 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep and clean up. His role in the invention may be a myth, but the amount of sources discussing it indicates it's a notable myth. Qrsdogg (talk) 18:35, 2 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - clearly notable.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:49, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  — -- Cirt (talk) 09:25, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Nomination withdrawn Thanks for your comments, good points made. Boleyn (talk) 10:22, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
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