Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wilikaiłą


 * 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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was no consensus. &middot; Katefan0(scribble) 21:42, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Wilikaiłą
The author states that it was mentioned only once in one peace treaty. I would say that makes it non-notable, therefore; subject to delete --SoothingR 11:10, 26 September 2005 (UTC)


 * I'd say a Duke of Lithuania is entitled to an article here. Altogether the entry looks more like a candidate for cleanup; sources are missing, for a start. Keep Pilatus 12:02, 26 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Comment: I too think that dukes are of such high nobility that they become notable, but I'm not at all sure that this subject is verifiable. Sjakkalle (Check!)  13:04, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
 * The Latinized form Viligaila is more frequently used. Here he is mentioned on a website by the Lithuanian government that looks trustworthy. Off to Cleanup, as I said! Pilatus 13:17, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Alright then, keep. Sjakkalle (Check!)  13:24, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename. feydey 18:57, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. It looks like he is only mentioned in one historical chronicle, so article can never grow beyond stub. DirectorStratton 03:07, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
 * So what? The Realencyclopaedie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft has an entry on every single person that was mentioned anywhere in the literature until 500 AD. Naturally, a fair bit of those are short, short stubs. It's not the Duke's fault that in his time his country was on the margins of civilization. Pilatus 11:26, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. It's not my fault that I didn't become famous because I was abducted (take Claudia Melchers and Arjan Erkel for examples). A lack of resources is not an excuse to let someone into the encyclopedia. Nobody would ever be interested in a duke who was only once vaguely mentioned. And giving the notification in that German encyclopedia as an excuse to have an article on this guy is also not applicable; this is Wikipedia. We have our own standards. --SoothingR 14:40, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
 * As far as I understand it, the general policy on Wikipedia is that articles which can never expand beyond a stub should not be articles but be included somewhere else. It doesn't matter if he was King of the Universe, if only two sentences can be said about him he shouldn't have an article. DirectorStratton 02:13, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.