Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Victor Cass

I recommend that the article on "Victor Cass" be maintained. Although Mr. Cass is best known locally and regionally, he is in a category--"Mexican American writers"--that is far from overflowing with information. Most likely any Hispanic author in our American society today is better known regionally than nationally or internationally. Such authors are extremely under-represented in the media, in schools, in bookstores, etc., despite their American heritage, as is the case with Mr. Cass. A review of Wikepedia articles on the Hispanic authors listed in this category underscores the dearth of information on and exposure of such folks. Mr. Cass is not on the scale of Sandra Cisneros' fame...yet. But he has received more publicity than the Google search revealed. Wikepedia has the opportunity with Victor Cass' case to do something unique in our information society today: to provide knowledge on an important but emerging and developing group of people--MEXICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS--who might not otherwise have any stage on which to make themselves known. Instead of deleting writers like Victor Cass, Wikipedia should be making the effort to provide needed information on every other Mexican-American writer listed in his category. Be a pioneer, Wikepedia! Thelma Reyna 06:08, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It is not Wikipedia's job to be a social pioneer. It is to be an encyclopedia, and as such is not a publisher of first instance; I recommend a view of WP:NOT.  As such, it is not only dreadfully arbitrary but outright racist to promote articles on random non-notable authors just because of the color of their skin.  The best way to save this article is to provide evidence of the publicity you claim which satisfies the requirements of WP:RS and WP:BIO.  Failing that, if Mr. Cass has the notability you believe he has, that will eventually come out in the whole rest of cyberspace.  It just won't be on Wikipedia before that time.    Ravenswing  12:47, 20 June 2007 (UTC)