Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sverre Stub


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The result was   keep. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  17:57, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Sverre Stub

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Non-notable diplomat. No contribution to events of particular importance as required by WP:DIPLOMAT is apparent. This ... stub ... seems to be a near-direct translation of http://www.snl.no/Sverre_Stub, probably not close enough for a copyvio, but mere coverage in another online user-generated encyclopedia does not constitute notability.  Sandstein  21:32, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Techicalities: I should note that their articles are released under a "free license", i.e. the same license as we have here. Furthermore the encyclopedia entry is not "user-generated" as Arsenikk pointed out. Punkmorten (talk) 09:06, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep 42 news hits with Sesam. The SNL article is written by redaksjonen (the editors), meaning it is not user-generated material, and part of the trusted, and thus reliable, part of SNL. Since the editorial part of SNL is a general-purpose, printed encyclopædia, it would establish notability. Arsenikk (talk)  22:09, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * These search results appear to be mere mentions, as one would expect of an ambassador, not substantial coverage. Inclusion in one encyclopedia is not quite sufficient for notability, I think; we are not a mirror of all other encyclopedias.  Sandstein   22:54, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:00, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep We do indeed, just as we should, have the principle that subjects included in national encyclopedias are notable for our purposes also . We are not a mirror, but a superset. We also have accepted all actual ambassadors from one nation to another as notable, because there is always material. He was his countries ambssador to France, which even among ambassadors, is a particularly high position in his country's diplomatic service. DGG (talk) 04:14, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Could you tell me where we have decided to accept all ambassadors as notable? I would not necessarily object, being something of an inclusionist with regard to political office-holders, but that's not what WP:DIPLOMAT says.  Sandstein   06:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep as the subject has an article in a paper encyclopedia, so satisfies WP:V and WP:GNG. Punkmorten (talk) 09:06, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * An easy Keep - Achieving ambassadorial rank is sufficient to warrant inclusion. I've taken the liberty to modify Notability (people) to reflect this. Williamborg (Bill) 19:23, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - I'm not going to say that all ambassadors are per se notable, but that there should be a presumption of notability. An ambassador from Norway to two other European nations ranks. Bearian (talk) 01:51, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


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