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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 04:27, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Andrzej Rychard[edit]

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Prod removed by creator without explanation and replaced with a claim that "Andrzej Rychard is very famous now.". Sigh. No references. Does catching a criminal makes a policeman famous? Kudos for doing a good job, but I don't think so... -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  04:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)  _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  04:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. It could be argued that the police chief of a city such as Kielce (population 202,609) is automatically notable. There is another person by the same name, a sociology professor from the Polish Academy of Science, who generates a a fair number of Ghits, who may also be notable. The Polish article at pl:Andrzej Rychard is also a stub. --Eastmain 04:54, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • While I accept that being a 'Police commissioner' may be grounds for notabilty, first, consider that a Polish commissair (komisarz) is actually an equivalent of a lieutant (pl:Komisarz Policji). I looked at the first 10 hits from Google search: none of them refer to the commissioner. A search for AR+komisarz (Polish for commissioner) yelds 620 results, 2 first two are Polish Wikipedia, third is the scientist again, and as far as I can tell none in the top 10 reffers to the commissair again. The search repeated with Kielce [1] yelds 8 results, none of them seem to reffer to any 'komisarz Andrzej Rychard' (!). As I cannot find a single reference to the story, my current verdict has actually worsen: 'possible hoax/police-cruft' ;) -- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  05:06, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as unsourced and non-notable per WP:BIO. Awyong J. M. Salleh 10:51, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete due to problems with WP:V Alf photoman 12:57, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per wise assessment by  _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  D Mac Con Uladh 15:42, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, but once the article has been deleted, could someone start an article on the sociologist by this name? The Polish article about the police officer at pl:Andrzej Rychard has been deleted and replaced by a new stub about (I think) the sociologist. --Eastmain 16:58, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, I will - I nominated the article for deletion on pl wiki and seems it got an express treatment :) Update: it seems that the author of the article on pl wiki admitted it's a hoax.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  17:12, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nominator. Pavel Vozenilek 19:59, 24 February 2007 (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.