Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michele Besso

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 no consensus. W.marsh 18:57, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Michele Besso

I don't see the notability of this person. Triviaa 17:31, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Friend of Albert Einstein..huh... Stubbleboy 17:35, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I added some references which explain the importance of Besso. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 18:06, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I don't know the details myself, but a quick Google search that I did when I created this article (in response to an AfC) suggested that Michele Besso was a friend and close associate of Einstein. Notability is not necessarily conferred by association, but Besso's importance to Einstein appears to be such that he is indeed notable. TruthbringerToronto's references (from the it wiki) don't hurt, either. Zetawoof^(ζ) 19:23, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Does not really meet WP:BIO and is no more than notability-by-association. The article really does not impart that this person was any more important to Einstein than anyone else. At most, this person might merit mention in the article on Einstein. Agent 86 19:57, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
• Is there any significant quantity of information about him at all besides that he was a friend of Einstein? If not, delete. Otherwise, the article needs serious expansion. Ultra-Loser ^{Talk | BT sites} 02:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep with a last resort being a merge into the Albert Einstein articles. In addition to being a "friend", he seems to have had a marked influence on Einstein and his work. That is clearly notable. Agne 10:57, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

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.