Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roland Duchâtelet

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, no concensus to redirect. If you wish to pursue an editorial-concensus-based redirect proposal, feel free to use the talk page (not AfD II). - Daniel.Bryant 08:41, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Roland Duchâtelet

Notability

I propose the deletion of this article. The main reason is the lack of notability. This person has been the chairman of a non-notable and no longer existing Belgian party, which is largely unknown and has never played a significant role in Belgian politics. This is also proven by the fact that this article didn't get more than one sentence, while this article already exists since 2004. Sijo Ripa 13:07, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Edeans 05:49, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep the leader of federally known Belgian party, which has representatives in the German-speaking council and the Senate, and is the ally of the influential VLD-party. Dutch article is way longer. Even has an entry on imdb! C mon 01:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Quarl ^(talk) 00:12, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, Dutch article seems well-sourced (although I don't read the language), and there are a number of articles in Goolge News Archive (mainly about his business career, though). --Dhartung | Talk 00:34, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Vivant and tag as redirect with possibilities. Nardman1 00:40, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep now that a more detailed article from the Dutch Wikipedia has been brought over. Nardman1 23:14, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect I see no point in having one sentence about him, when it could be in the vivian article. mrholybrain 's talk 01:33, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
redirect per above. Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens 02:15, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I do read Dutch, and regardless of his political activities he is notable as a businessman - article cd do with expansion that direction.HeartofaDog 02:27, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well-expanded, C mon - make that a Strong keepHeartofaDog 00:51, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- Well, if you can read Dutch, why don't you transwiki his Dutch article here? Nardman1 13:42, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - I have translated the nl.wikipedia article now, I hope this makes his notability even clearer. C mon 22:41, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - With all due respect, the things you have added still don't seem to make this person notable. They seem more like details that can be added if the person is really notable. I mean what is the importance of his studies, what is the importance of non-notable companies, what is the importance of the fact that he's a chairman of a soccer team (not every chairman deserves a wikipedia article), what is the importance of the fact that he supported a very marginal party (BANAAN), etc.? Sijo Ripa 23:09, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Inkpaduta 03:24, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect if no improvements are made to the current article. Nuttah68 10:32, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, the party has representation at the national level, seems to be notable enough. Plenty of room for expansion with his political and business careers. Lankiveil 12:36, 11 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Delete, notable for Belgium, not notable for english WP. --MaNeMeBasat 13:32, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I believe article fails WP:BIO and the article is too small with to little information to make it Notable —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tellyaddict (talk • contribs) 16:07, 11 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Keep and expand. if he's notable in Belgium, he's notable full stop! You CANT have one rule for Americans and another for Belgians however much some people here might like to. Jcuk 22:27, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Founder of several major corporations, chairman of a league football club, leader of a political party. He seems notable enough for an article to me. And to answer a comment above, if he is "notable for Belgium" (or any other country) then he is notable enough for English WP. WP is only divided by language in which the articles are written, not by country. A Belgian person does not require higher standards of notability for inclusion than a British person or an American person. -- Necrothesp 00:47, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, notability seems clear to me. Everyking 09:09, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, the Dutch article is well sourcedSlideAndSlip 22:03, 13 February 2007 (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.