Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benito Bonito

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 delete. Fails WP:V and no apparent notability for the "legend" either. Randykitty (talk) 14:45, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Benito Bonito[edit]

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The information is not verifiable. The sources are not reliable. The article has three different accounts of Benito's death, two different accounts of where his treasure was buried. It has a fake distinction between the Loot of Lima and the Treasure of Lima. It is very hard to improve the article. A Google search comes up with three different nationalities (Spanish, Portuguese, British). There is no consistent story about him. There is a persuasive identification with Benito de Soto who already has an article. Details about the supposed treasure can adequately be dealt with at the Cocos Island page. Jack Upland (talk) 05:47, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Piracy-related deletion discussions. — JJMC89 (T·E·C) 01:44, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — JJMC89 (T·E·C) 01:45, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'm very interested to see how this goes. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:58, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Grahame (talk) 02:27, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to list of pirates where he is mentioned rather than delete (for possible future improvement) as my searches found absolutely nothing and the other Wikis basically have the same content and links, and even the links aren't entirely good. SwisterTwister talk 07:04, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and tag the hell out of it, at least until someone knowledgeable can come and do a better job. I write this because runnig it through a simple search on google books turns up a lot of material that seems to indicate that this is a very popular legend cycle with an actual pirate somewhere back there.18:55, 27 July 2015 (UTC) Ill-considered.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:04, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: The only thing the sources have in common is buried treasure, and I think that can be dealt with in the articles about the supposed sites. The fact that the Queenscliff, Victoria article doesn't mention the story indicates it's not well-known there.--Jack Upland (talk) 09:27, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:V, tour guide story told the tourists, combining some standard elements of piracy and changing the details according to the audience... Kraxler (talk) 18:41, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.