Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aldo Grippaldi

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 20:51, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Aldo Grippaldi

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Biography of someone lacking notability according to guidelines, made by a single-purpose user, using copyrighted material from this non-notable person's website Idonthavetimeforthiscarp 15:04, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Google news has no hits and while a Google search for the name turned up some hits none of the ones I looked at appeared to be significant coverage in reliable sources. The author of the article claims that the bibliographical information contained in the References section goes to articles in magazines but I was unable to verify that that content actually exists or states what the editor claims it does since I was unable to find the half of it I searched for online. It certainly seems possible that the subject is notable but need to see something that the rest of us can verify. The subject of the article founded a company called Gravitis which has been spamming Wikipedia for years now (see USER:Unotretre for an example of an account that used multiple sockpuppets and was blocked for making legal threats both on Wikipedia and in emails to various editors). This history makes me skeptical. SQGibbon (talk) 17:56, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER☆★ 17:59, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER☆★ 17:59, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER☆★ 17:59, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Don't Delete: I was given all magazines I indicated, 'cept the last, online, but it's curious a wikiEditor asks to make a scan of printed magazine (I WILL NEVER TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO INFRINGE COPIRIGHT TO SHARE IN THIS SKEPTIC PLACE), why? I gave exact number of Issues, eaxct name of articles, and renowned national magazines The Scarp well knows and YOU all have seen in Broox path link with all miniatures. SQGibbon was wrong, because Gravitis is a brand, not a Company. And if you want more referenced links, you know well you have to see the Google Italian engine, which shows Story pages, and images. SQGibbon is not reliable in this discussion to me, trying to add intentionally mud to the discussion, which is not the case.--Wrwrw (talk) 20:50, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just for the record, italian google shows basically the same nothing as english one (facebook, twitter, no relevant article, etc)--Idonthavetimeforthiscarp 13:14, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I created this page, so my opinion on this should be obvious, but just wanted to add my explicit "vote" on the matter.--Idonthavetimeforthiscarp 16:51, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Admins know the nominators support of deletion is obvious, the only reason for a nominator to ever need to make a bolded !vote is if they have changed their minds. Courcelles 00:37, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 00:35, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep - Appears to meet WP:BLP as well as WP:ATHLETE and WP:ARTIST. Article needs a little work to make it look nice, but everything needed is there, and AfD is not a forum to improve articles. It's a system to remove articles that hurt Wikipedia, and this is definitely not one of those. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 00:34, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
To Keep - I did not know him as a car designer, but he represented DH Italian scene from the beginning, produced the S-Games (http://www.ncdsa.com/29/214/238/Street-Luge.htm), search for "grippaldi street luge", consider in late 90s the only places to browse were Yahoo and the X-Games rosters, as we used email client to communicate each other: it looks like some of you are not in skateboarding from a long--SfBOT (talk) 14:01, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Note - quackery has now been reported. Stalwart111 09:16, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

SPI concluded - have struck comments from now-blocked sock-puppets of User:Unotretre. Stalwart111 14:17, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per SQGibbon and nominator. Sarah 15:28, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note - There are ongoing legal threats, please delete asap. --Vituzzu (talk) 13:01, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - having noted the sock-puppetry above and given the ongoing trouble, it seems obvious to me that this article is WP:PROMO by stealth, created by someone close to the subject who has failed in his campaign to insert the subject's company (Gravitis) into various articles. The editor was blocked for trying to legal-threat that company back into Wikipedia and now again for sock-puppetry. I can't help but query the honesty/legitimacy of the claimed sources - added by an editor with a history of system-gaming and bad faith. I can't find much online (by way of WP:RS) to verify notability or the claimed plethora of sources. The one that does have a link includes one mention of the subject - hardly "significant coverage". Stalwart111 10:19, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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