Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marco Caceres

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The result was Delete. Cúchullain t/c 04:31, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marco Caceres

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Tagged for notability for a few months. Bio article for founder of a charity in Honduras but I see no sign of significant third-party coverage. Pascal.Tesson 14:08, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete - I find google hits for a Marco A. Caceres [1], but he is evidently a different person. I find nothing to indicate the subject of this biography qualifies as notable. John Carter 16:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - Google may not be enough to rule out notability, given that his project is in a developing country where web presence may not indicate notability.

Further, consider these sources. The ProjectHonduras website (admittedly not an independent source) [2] - but it does show that that the Marco A. Caceres, that John Carter links above, Marco A. Caceres, the satellite engineer, the one with quotables established on a quotes website etc., is in fact the same person.

There is independent verification that he was a finalist for the Petersburg Prize, now called the Development Gateway Award

From the Petersburg Prize website, detailing the reasons for his nomination:

Marco Cáceres, Projecthonduras.com, Honduras: For outstanding use of the web to connect potential sources of aid to those in need. Mr. Cáceres created Projecthonduras.com, a website that has been notably successful in using the web to bring together organizations and individuals to form strategic alliances, publicize needs, and better coordinate aid and relief resources for one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Source: [3] - I will add this to the article.

I note that the 2006 winner of this prize is also a Nobel Prize winner, so it is probably a notable prize. Scarykitty 20:18, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for all this. I'm tempted to reconsider, although it's still not so clear to me that we have enough sources to properly reference the content. Pascal.Tesson 20:32, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - Even after the information found, I still think the subject fails notability guidelines (especially through independent sources). I am attempting to wikify the article, but if kept, it would probably still look like it needs a substantial rewrite. *Vendetta* (whois talk edits) 06:46, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Neutral Another "Who's Who" entry, which I don't really mind. But looks very much like self-promotion. Ventifax 22:54, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
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