Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thongsavanh Phomvihane

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The result was delete. Can be recreated if the sourcing situation improves. For future reference, the entire contents were: "Thongsavanh Phomvihane is a Lao diplomat and a former Ambassador of Laos to Russia". Sandstein 09:19, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thongsavanh Phomvihane[edit]

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fails WP:BIO and WP:DIPLOMAT. a mere 2 gnews hits excluding the WP article. a discusion on WP:BIO resulted in no consensus for automatic notability for ambassadors. LibStar (talk) 02:01, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom, unless some significant references are found. Dips don't have automatic notability.Klein zach 03:36, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Asia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:35, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar · · 03:57, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as a WP:POLITICIAN (he's currently Director General, Party Relations Department of the Commission of the External Relations of the CC LPRP[1]) or merge to Ambassador of Laos to Russia. Pburka (talk) 03:16, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

a Director General is head of a department not an elected official like a policitian. I don't see him meeting WP:POLITICIAN. LibStar (talk) 06:20, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Politicians don't need to be elected to be notable. A politician "is a person who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions." Pburka (talk) 11:35, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar · · 04:06, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete suffers WP:O and too little information or WP:RS to keep it in. For example, was he ambassador a few years ago? During the Cold War? In the 18th century? At the court of Ivan the Terrible? We cannot figure it out from the article, thus making it useless. Maybe if someone rewrites it and expands it, I will change my position.Jeff5102 (talk) 15:27, 11 July 2013 (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.