Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Théophane Rifosta
- 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. Sandstein 17:09, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Théophane Rifosta (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)
Contested PROD. Subject does not meet primary notability guidelines that require non-trivial coverage of the subject in multiple reliable sources. Had been tagged as unreferenced since August 2007 (before the tag was removed without the addition references) because, aside from trivial appearances on "oldest people" lists, there do not seem to be any references. Subject has a French Wikipedia article, but it too lacks references of any kind. In short, this is essentially a list entry, not an article, and could go on one of the many oldest people lists if appropriate. Cheers, CP 15:22, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. No non-trivial references can be found. Neptune5000 (talk) 19:31, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. -- VG ☎ 19:51, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment.
Here is one list here (COI noted):
http://www.grg.org/Adams/L/France.HTM
Mr. Rifosta was the oldest man in France at the time of his death, according to INSERM. However, I have not seen any news coverage, so merging to a list could be appropriate.Ryoung122 02:50, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- That would be appropriate if such an article existed and there is independent verification from reliable sources. Unfortunately, I don't see an article for Oldest people in France (or similar) for which this can be done, and writing one from scratch would be very difficult, to say the least. I'm sorry, but if this is the only claim to notability for him, deletion of the article may be the only option here. B.Wind (talk) 05:32, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Reluctant delete per above. B.Wind (talk) 05:32, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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