Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tomasz Zan


 * 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. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 02:05, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Tomasz Zan

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Delete: fails notability. Quis separabit? 01:35, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - Subject does not meet general notability requirements. Meatsgains (talk) 02:07, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment: I don't have the Polish language ability to make this serve as an inline reference, but see the biographical content on pages 19-21 of this book. AllyD (talk) 06:32, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Keep: The links to the subject in the en.Wikipedia articles on Polish literature and Romanticism, as well as his inclusion in this emblematic image are suggestive of notability. That said, the article was clearly deficient in sourcing, so I have added several references. There was also a Polish radio broadcast on the subject last year . All in all, I think there is sufficient for biographical notability. AllyD (talk) 07:57, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Clearly notable per the sources found by AllyD (I do understand Polish and can confirm that they are as good as they look) and the many others found by the book and scholar searches linked by the nomination process. I'm curious to know the reasoning behing the claims by the nominator and the other delete supporter that Zan is not notable. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 09:24, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Easily meets notability requirements. The Polish version of this page also provides a wealth of information for expanding this article. There's many search results from reliable sources on Polish pages as well, such as this one. Recommend that someone who understands Polish expands this article. ArchieOof (talk) 12:38, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I note that some English-language sources anglicise the first name:
 * 86.17.222.157 (talk) 14:04, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * nice catch ArchieOof (talk) 18:40, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * nice catch ArchieOof (talk) 18:40, 22 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep (preferently speedy). While not really a major writer, he is known to any highschool student in Poland (mostly as a friend of Mickiewicz), has at least a few paragraphs (or pages) dedicated to him in any history of the Polish literature, an article about him in any encyclopedia, etc., etc. Definitely a well-known figure. Laforgue (talk) 19:03, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. North America1000 10:17, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep The references cited in the article alone include a mention in a general history of Poland, significant coverage in a history of Polish poetry, and an entry in another encyclopaedia. Google turns up many, many more. There are lengthy articles on Zan in 11 other Wikipedias, one of which is featured, showing there's ample room for expansion. Seriously, why did you nominate this? Joe Roe (talk) 11:45, 27 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep - The Russians seem to have considered his activities as a Polish Nationalist significant enough to exile him. The problem with the article is that it is little more than a stub.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:44, 28 August 2016 (UTC)


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