Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gabriella Ambrosio

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The result was Withdrawn by nominator. --MZMcBride (talk) 09:16, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gabriella Ambrosio

Probably notable.

Article has many problems, not least some big claims that aren't properly referenced. I wouldn't bring this to AfD if it wasn't for some concerns.

I am bothered by this, which strikes me as odd, if this person's as notable as the big claims say she is. And I'm also bothered by what appears to be COI editing, leading me to wonder if it's actually an academic, who's written some stuff but isn't really notable blowing their own trumpet. Any result is good - like I say, I think she's probably notable, but an AfD gives an opportunity for the kind of scrutiny I clearly don't have the expertise to apply. Dweller (talk) 11:58, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Try this search instead - you were only looking for the last month. I don't read Italian so can't judge the usefulness of these ghits, but there are some (and more if you look outside news). Kate (talk) 13:25, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks. Useful. I'll drop a line to the languages ref desk and I'll see if there's an active relevant WikiProject too. Getting a good article out of this would be a good result, if she's notable. --Dweller (talk) 13:35, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - It sounds like an AfD is the wrong forum for your concerns. travb (talk) 19:08, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. I think that the article as it stands is overblown and needs to be cut down to size—which is what Wikipedia editors do. And I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there were some COI going on. But the existence of the two works of fiction, together with the two (perhaps extraordinarily boring and/or nonsensensical) professional texts does seem to me to establish the subject’s notability. I see no case for deletion. Oh: I haven’t checked the isbns: I’m assuming they are valid. —Ian Spackman (talk) 20:30, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey..i wrote this article. and everything that i put over there is true. i added References, ISBN no', links to articles about the book, and ill add more. please dont delet it. its not easy to understand how to write in Wikipedia, im trying to read everything and to work by the rules but there are so many so its taking time. if you think that you are able to help the text please do so but dont delete the article. i have more links to support everything that was writen over there but they are in italian or hebrew so i dont know if to add it or not. please think it over. here is just one link for example: [1]ANSAmed news(Veredcb (talk) 21:59, 22 December 2008 (UTC)).[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, edit appropriately, clearly notable. - Jmabel | Talk 03:09, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete for now, unless you can find references to published reviews of her novel, in any language. Only 2 US libraries have it & even for contemporary italian fiction, I'd expect a number more if it were notable. perhaps there will be some more information after the English translation is published. DGG (talk) 06:09, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
KeepPer notability. A newspaper review in Israel: "First published in Italy in 2004, the book was warmly welcomed by readers and critics and was integrated into the high school curriculum in the country. It is now also being taught in universities in France and Australia. Since its publication, Ambrosio has been travelling the world as an "ambassador of peace", and she regularly meets with high school and university students to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. --Jmundo (talk) 06:24, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Jmundo. If someone wrote a notable book, we obviously should cover the writer involved too. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:06, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination withdrawn - notability demonstrated. Thanks everyone - a good result. --Dweller (talk) 09:10, 23 December 2008 (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.