Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vincent DePalo

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The result of the debate was delete.  RasputinAXP  c 03:42, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vincent DePalo

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Non notable. Most probably is a hoax. No relevant Ghits. Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 03:34, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete per Srikeit. :) Dlohcierekim 04:09, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete non-verifiable WP:V. Also strong chance of a hoax, for example related the edits [1] & [2] by 149.61.153.56. --blue520 04:21, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete most likely a hoax. Kevin 04:30, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • KEEP Definitly NOT a hoax, read book during college class about the island. Mention DePalo, he was an explorer of the island in the late 60s and early 70s. In the book, Beyond the village : local politics in Madang, Papua-New Guinea / Louise Morauta. User:JillOSullivan
  • Note Brand new user, only edits in this AfD. Fan1967 03:48, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  • KEEP If you look at the bottom there are two books that are citing the legitimacy of this man. One, Lonely Planet Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands (Lonely Planet Papua New Guinea), by Andrew Burke speaks briefly of Vincent finding the region of Papua New Guinea. In the other book, Lonely Planet Papua, New Guinea (Lonely Planet Papua New Guinea), by Adrian Lipscomb it speaks in more depth of the region and also more about the explorer Vincent DePalo. That is where it mentions his early life and later life, along with his expedition involving professor Caron. Although DePalo isn't a significant character in history, he is still a person in history and deserves recognition. I feel both of these sources are sufficient for keeping this post on this illustrious website. User:Reddog1234
Note comment added by 149.61.153.56.--blue520 05:44, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Please refer to the article written in the Vineyard Gazette, written December 13, 1998. It has an interview with the good Vincent DePalo. He speaks of his exploration of the region and his relationship with Professor Caron. User:AStanhope—Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.61.153.56 (talk • contribs)
Multiple username fake signatures support notion of a hoax. Thanks :) Dlohcierekim 18:41, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Speedy Delete obvious hoax ("discovered Papua New Guina"). --MarsRover 05:56, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • I like "a very rare odiferous fern", but still, Delete. Vizjim 09:20, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. A search of sources in Australia and elsewhere came up with nothing on him at all. Australian forces were fighting the Japanese on the Huon Peninsular in 1944, 24 years before he was supposedly exploring it. Capitalistroadster 10:10, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oceania-related deletions. -- Capitalistroadster 10:10, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Hoax. DarthVader 10:18, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • delete - i too think this is a hoax Vegalo 10:36, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, if the Lonely Planet references are real. I can not check them. The Huon Peninsular certainly has some remote parts and the fighting in 1944 was mostly along the coast with earlier passage of coast watchers across the Peninsula. The fighting certainly did not open all of it up. --Bduke 11:38, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Semi-weak Delete. I find it unlikely that the Lonely Planet references would have anything actually about this person. The CIA World Fact book doesn't mention him, and I can't find anything relevant on google. I think that charting an "previously uncharted region of the island" would at least warrant a mention. Searching for "Huon Peninsula montane rain forests" doesn't seem to return any results, however, so I haven't been able to check if he's mentioned. Jude (talk,contribs,email) 12:21, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. If in fact he discovered several new species google would have heard of him. Also it is unlikely that parts of Papua New Guinea were only 'discovered' in 1968. Either a hoax or simply unsubstantiated. Crum375 13:02, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Also, as Dlohcierekim says, the many fake anon Keeps support the theory of a hoax Crum375 22:12, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per failing the Google test and per many of the editors above, especially Capitalistroadster and Crum375. -- Kicking222 13:27, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Not verifiable. Kafziel 13:42, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • KEEP I went to Manhatten College and Vincent DePalo has something of a cult following there, being one of the Alumni patrons of the Phi Delta Epsilon fraternity. The membership of this frat is sometimes collectively referred to as the "New Guinea Boys", in his honor. User:WaddamsM
  • Note Only edit from another brand new user. Fan1967 03:48, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I've spent some time at Manhattan College and I am sure this is a complete fabrication.--Paraphelion 12:37, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep I too attended the fine institution of Manhattan College, and can attest to the legitimacy of Vincent DePalo's work as an explorer. I had the wonderful opportunity of taking an anthropology course taught by Professor Christopher Caron, DePalo's colleague. I am somewhat offended by the doubt expressed by the wikipedia community. I do not take lightly an attack on the integrity of a fellow Jasper. Facta Non Verba! User:McLeansJester
  • Note What do you know. Another brand new user making his only edit. Fan1967 03:48, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Can you help us out here, and give us some verifiable sources? Please read Wikipedia:Notability (people) for guidelines on notability. I would love to keep, but the article needs work and sources. And being mentioned by someone's prof, a book, or a magazine article is not neccesarily enough to support notability. The question is not just whether he did these things, but more so, whether he has achieved sufficient notability. Thanks for you help, :) Dlohcierekim 18:11, 17 May 2006 (UTC)


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