Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Codrin Arsene

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The result was no consensus. Sandstein 05:58, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

=[[Codrin Arsene]]=

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Not quite a random blogger, but definitely below the bar of notability. For sources, we have [http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/100-best-blogs-for-learning-about-africa/ a blog post], [http://midventures.com/2008/07/28/african-politicscom-has-launched/ another blog post], three newspaper articles he wrote ([http://www.adevarul.ro/international/foreign_policy/web_exclusive/Coasta_de_Fildes-un_Kosovo_esuat_0_457754543.html 1], [http://www.adevarul.ro/international/foreign_policy/web_exclusive/Politica-geniu-Obama-Libia_0_456555003.html 2], [http://www.adevarul.ro/international/foreign_policy/web_exclusive/Poate-Obama-castige-doilea-presedinte_0_461353861.html 3]), [http://www.campusnews.ro/ a news portal] that makes no mention of him, [http://www.libertatea.ro/detalii/articol/intreruperi-de-apa-in-capitala-222069.html an interview] and [http://www.yale.edu/yfocar/speakers.htm a list of speakers at a forum]. None of these is especially significant in terms of the coverage it provides, or even acceptable for usage. Biruitorul ^Talk 14:01, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Romania-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:55, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:59, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Keep per [http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/un-dram-de-romanie-purtat-in-africa-si-sua-851306.html this interview] by Evenimentul Zilei and the 12 other Romanian language RS listed on [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=Codrin+Arsene&oq=Codrin+Arsene&aq=f&aqi=d2&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i400.9607.9607.0.10177.1.1.0.0.0.0.94.94.1.1.0.#q=Codrin+Arsene&hl=en&safe=off&gl=us&tbm=nws&source=lnt&tbs=ar:1&sa=X&ei=JW6TT9W6LeTw6AGDjdGBBA&ved=0CBAQpwUoBQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=cf3843c8efd6c605 Google News]. (Individual article quality varies from a mere mention to a couple paragraphs about Arsene. Collectively, the sources indicate that the GNG is met.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThaddeusB (talk • contribs) 23:08, April 21, 2012‎

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:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Delete It's quite likely that, in the future, Arsene's contribution will be more notable (and I'm actually a fan of his writing!), but for now the sources are virtually all primary. Dahn (talk) 12:55, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

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

:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, →Σ τ c. 00:25, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

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