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Keep and improve. Fringe sources need cleaning out, but the topic is notable. Apparently Dewilde got a lot of coverage in 1950s France. Disinterested academics discuss the media's distortion and cultural impact of his tale:
[1],
[2]. -
LuckyLouie (
talk) 17:36, 5 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Comment. That means it was essentially
WP:ONEEVENT and against
WP:NOT#NEWS. Particularly in the mid 20th century, a person claiming an extra-terrestrial encounter that generated temporary media coverage can hardly be said to be notable. It's not like there's even a section of the book dedicated to him (let alone an entire book or article), it looks like just a page in the book as an example.
mikeman67 (
talk) 01:38, 6 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep. Some Frenchie is going to have to work on this one. A lot of the reliable-looking sources were in French. I realize blogs aren't reliable sources to reference, BUT the way I look at it, if he's important enough that that crowd is talking about him, people are going to be coming here looking for him, and if people are coming here looking for him, that's notable enough in my book.
Bali88 (
talk) 23:44, 5 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
NorthAmerica1000 02:02, 14 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
NorthAmerica1000 10:29, 22 March 2014 (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
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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.
Keep and improve. Fringe sources need cleaning out, but the topic is notable. Apparently Dewilde got a lot of coverage in 1950s France. Disinterested academics discuss the media's distortion and cultural impact of his tale:
[1],
[2]. -
LuckyLouie (
talk) 17:36, 5 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Comment. That means it was essentially
WP:ONEEVENT and against
WP:NOT#NEWS. Particularly in the mid 20th century, a person claiming an extra-terrestrial encounter that generated temporary media coverage can hardly be said to be notable. It's not like there's even a section of the book dedicated to him (let alone an entire book or article), it looks like just a page in the book as an example.
mikeman67 (
talk) 01:38, 6 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep. Some Frenchie is going to have to work on this one. A lot of the reliable-looking sources were in French. I realize blogs aren't reliable sources to reference, BUT the way I look at it, if he's important enough that that crowd is talking about him, people are going to be coming here looking for him, and if people are coming here looking for him, that's notable enough in my book.
Bali88 (
talk) 23:44, 5 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
NorthAmerica1000 02:02, 14 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
NorthAmerica1000 10:29, 22 March 2014 (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.