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Switzerland

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Eric Schmid

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Eric Schmid (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:PROF, nothing in google scholar for *this* eric schmid, none of the listed papers have any significant number of citations Psychastes (talk) 23:45, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dario Item

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Dario Item (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This article was previously nominated for speedy deletion by at Draft by Spiderone under section G11 for CIO/ promotional issues. It was deleted under this section for unambigious advertising by Admin UtherSRG. After, it was recreated and moved to mainspace. New Pages reviewer SunDawn moved it back to draft as it still had serious issues, but the page was put back in main space again.

The issues brought up by experienced previous editors remain here-- This individual does not pass WP:GNG as they do not appear to have "received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject." There is a passing mention of this person in the Financial Times that is used in an undue and highly over generalized way to "support" claims here. Similarly individual appears to run a news organization that is used here to support claims in the text. Ambassadors and minor "nobles" are generally non-notable.

A number of significant edits on this piece are by users who have only edited this article or closely related articles including Redredwoman, Darniel ramos garcia1980 and Ignatius Shitanda, which appear problematic. Nayyn (talk) 10:28, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. While I appreciate @CROIX' local knowledge, I'm not persuaded Item is a "household name" in A&B. The only news coverage I can find is either low-quality or not more than a standard press releases. I don't see moving the article to draft as a solution, as that has already happened multiple times without improving the quality. What I am seeing is a lot of peacock prose with a suspicious amount of single-issue accounts focused on adding more low-quality referencing. — Arcaist (contr—talk) 14:18, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I didn't go through all references on the page as it is refbombed beyond belief, but the ones I did check were either dead links or trivial mentions. One reference (Ref. 18) is certainly in depth and secondary, but is so overflowing with praise that I have to wonder if it's a paid or otherwise somehow promotional content. No opinion on keep or delete. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 10:46, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

KEEP The individual received significant coverage both in relation to his reporting on the Credit Suisse AT1 case and his role as an ambassador. The following publications (just a few examples) are secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject. Furthermore they dedicadet an entire article (and not a simple “passing mention”) to the individual in relation to the Credit Suisse AT1 Case:

- Financial Times "Meet the pizza-loving diplomat behind Antigua News's big Credit Suisse scoop"

- Finews "A Swiss Lawyer Is Leading The Charge In The Writedown Case Of CS"

- El Espanol "Darío Item, embajador de Antigua y Barbuda en España: "El caso Credit Suisse AT1 ha sido una expropiación""

- Dominica News Online "Antigua and Barbuda ambassador Dario Item makes sensational international scoop in Credit Suisse AT1 case"

- Antigua Observer (which is NOT antigua.news) "Investigations by pizza lover Antiguan diplomat led to major Credit Suisse revelation"

- EconomiaDigital “Credit Suisse mintió a sus clientes justo antes de caer asegurando que no había retiradas de dinero”

- Insideparadeplatz.ch "AT-1-Geschädigten platzt Kragen: Klage gegen St. Galler Richter – Inside Paradeplatz"

The following media outlets/agencies (again just a few examples) published an entire article dedicated to the individual in relation to his role as an ambassador:

- UNWTO "UNWTO and Antigua and Barbuda share vision of tourism for growth and opportunity"

- Yahoo Finance “Ambassador Dario Item on Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne Speech to the United Nations”

- Dominica News Online "Antigua & Barbuda's Foreign Affairs Minister praises Ambassador Dario Item as a game changer"

- Antigua Observer "Ambassador Dario Item advocates for more Antiguan and Barbudan missions to be established abroad"

- CadizDirecto: "Dario Item el hombre clave de Antigua y Barbuda en Europa"

- The European Financial Review “Dario Item, Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda: How We Can Help it Bounce Back”

There are perhaps hundreds of articles about this individual online (Reuters, El Pais, Die Weltwoche, Tagesanzeiger, Corriere del Ticino, etc.). The media coverage is definitely significant. Mediascriptor (talk) 13:04, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: While the article is not necessarily in a perfect state, Dario Item is a household name in the country with extensive coverage in reliable sources. Item has been mentioned in some of the most reliable independent sources in the country’s media such as Antigua Observer (only newspaper in the country with a proper editorial staff) and the Antigua Broadcasting Service (only major television station in the country). A search for his name yields significant results. While the article is not impressive, and could be moved to draft space as an alternate measure, the subject fully meets the notability requirements for an article. CROIXtalk 13:36, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: This guy fully meets the notability requirements for an article. His name has an extensive coverage in independent, authoritative and reliable sources. Furthermore, his revelations on the AT1 Credit Suisse case are of significant encyclopedic value..Juliannua (talk) 14:23, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I request that this vote be disregarded. This is a 10-year-old account with one total edit, which is this one. Given that there have been several suspicious accounts working on the article itself, there is a significant risk of sockpuppeting here. — Arcaist (contr—talk) 14:44, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It is not true that I only have one edit. I have other edits in WIKI ES. You only need to look at the Edit Statistics. But even if I only had one edit, what difference would it make? Don't I have the same right to express my opinion as all the other editors? I see unnecessary aggression and bias in what you generally write.
@CROIX is a very experienced editor who lives in Antigua and Barbuda. If he writes that Dario Item is a “household name in the country” and “has been mentioned in some of the most reliable independent sources in the country’s media” such as Antigua Observer and ABS, how can you refute him without providing any concrete evidence and still expect to remain credible?
How can you, objectively, not consider the Financial Times to be authoritative?
In Spain, Dario Item is well known both as an ambassador and for his revelations on the Credit Suisse case. His name has appeared in many newspapers, including the highly authoritative El País (which interviews him often) and El Mundo, which interviewed him on the subject of the king's immunity (“La inviolabilidad del Rey, garantía de "estabilidad" en todas las monarquías parlamentarias de Europa” https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2021/02/23/603556b7fdddff256c8b4605.html). I have also seen significant media coverage in Switzerland. I don't think these facts are disputable. Juliannua (talk) 19:00, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2024–25 FC Schaffhausen season

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2024–25 FC Schaffhausen season (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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no evidence of WP:GNG level coverage, out of date and without prose Microwave Anarchist (talk) 22:12, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This nomination is entirely incorrect. The club secured loan deals for players from notable teams like Basel and Luzern, and even sold a player at a high price to the Belgian league champion. How can the article be considered unwanted when it clearly meets the required criteria? If it simply needs updating, then it should be updated, not removed altogether. Hauskasic (talk) 22:50, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Hauskasic: - none of that demonstrates in depth coverage from reliable secondary sources, and having players on loan from high profile clubs certainly isnt any basis for having a season article - we dont have an article for the 2013–14 Kingstonian F.C. season because Daniel Pappoe was on loan from Chelsea. Microwave Anarchist (talk) 00:14, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @GiantSnowman: Sure, being trained by a former international who played in both the Euro and the World Cup is apparently not notable enough. [1] An article published by Blick, Switzerland's largest daily newspaper. Hauskasic (talk) 11:46, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draftify – If Haukasic is willing to implement the article properly. Svartner (talk) 13:00, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep – There's clearly enough coverage – SRF alone has [2] 36 articles on FC Schaffhausen in the past year, including routine game coverage [3]) and solid audio reporting [4]. On Swissdox I get an astounding 3,358 hits, with many solid articles in the Schaffhauser Nachrichten, like [5] and coverage of each individual game. Not sure what more you'd need for notability. Toadspike [Talk] 23:09, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    A non-paywalled, non-audio WP:THREE would be something like [6][7][8]. Obviously I'd love if this article could cover all the drama in prose (coach changes, relegation, being purchased by the richest man in Nepal), but the notability is there and NEXIST...exists. I hope this is enough for @GiantSnowman. Toadspike [Talk] 23:20, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Should be able to pass GNG. Needs to be updated, more than enough on the web to help construct this. Just because an article is in a poor state is not an excuse to delete it. Govvy (talk) 10:41, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Thank you to Toadspike for work collating sources. I am unconvinced there's enough here to justify a standalone season article - all of the non-routine coverage seems to be about off-the-field issues so should just be covered on the main club article - but if there's concensus that there is enough to justify having this article, it should really be sent to draftspace if it is in this condition at closure of AfD. Microwave Anarchist (talk) 13:21, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep—Clearly enough consistent coverage to justify WP:GNG, especially per above. Anwegmann (talk) 20:02, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ritter (titular name)

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Ritter (titular name) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:SALAT for being too broad. We don't have lists of people simply because they have a relatively lowly aristocratic title. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:20, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Update. Well, upon further looking, lists do go down as far as knights. However, the inclusion criterion is very odd: "only those whose main Wikipedia article includes the titular 'Ritter' in the article name", so I'm thinking it fails due to WP:NLIST. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:44, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    There is an important difference between a ritter and a knight. Ritter-hood is inherited, so it says nothing about the achievements of the individual who has the name (beyond that they managed to get born). Knighthoods are conferred on an individual for doing something (even if it's only being a successful civil servant who achieved retirement-age) so it carries a bit of personal weight. A list of knights is therefore more meaningful than a list of ritters. Elemimele (talk) 10:12, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Ritter-hood is inherited, so it says nothing about the achievements of the individual who has the name (beyond that they managed to get born) is now my favorite quote from AfD. Toadspike [Talk] 11:16, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete because it's a sort of synthesis, and not really a viable navigational list. These people are mostly notable for something entirely unrelated to the Ritter in their name. Even if they all take their nobility seriously, the list would be analogous to making an article Notable British people who happen to come from a family where someone got knighted. If our readers were likely (which I don't believe) to be looking for the intersection ("Notable" AND "Ritter-in-name") then it would be a reasonable navigational list. Otherwise, unless people have written about the intersection, it's a synthesis. Elemimele (talk) 10:09, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete for having really weird inclusion criteria. It seems like more could be written about the "Ritter von ..." name format, but it's probably most suitable for the main Ritter article. Toadspike [Talk] 11:17, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

JACKSNNZ

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JACKSNNZ (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Unreferenced stub (well, just a general ref, no footnotes). Uncler how this meets WP:GNG/WP:SIGCOV. My BEFORE shows some mentions in passing here or there, but noting in-depth. Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here 13:10, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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