Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leonard Francolini

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 of the debate was no consensus to delete. W.marsh 16:41, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Leonard Francolini

Francolini is a gun engraver. The article has been proposed for deletion (i.e. {{prod}}ed) as "completely autobiographical, non encyclopedic". That it is autobiography is clear. However, there are a couple of claims of notability in the article, which may make it worthwhile for anyone interested in guns and gun collecting. A couple of Francolini's guns have been featured on the cover of magazines. Another one has been made for the Royal Armoury in London. He gets more than 3,000 Google hits, which seems quite a lot for someone in this probably rather specialized field. The question: is Francolini a notable person in his field? Is someone interested in cleaning up the article? u p p l a n d 10:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC) Added a few words for clarification. u p p l a n d 05:01, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, Cleanup - Article is terribly autobio right now, but Francolini is notable in the firearms engraving world, yes. I will try to clean up a bit in my spare time. Georgewilliamherbert 22:03, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Ardenn 22:30, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Certainly not "per nom", if my nomination is intended. It asks for input and does not contain a motion to delete the article. This is primarily meant to be a discussion. u p p l a n d 06:21, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep. If GWH above hadn't offered to clean up the article, I'd say delete it and let the next editor approach the topic with a blank slate. However, I think this person meets notability criteria as a world-famous artist/artisan/craftsman. Ikkyu2 01:08, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

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.