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The result was no consensus. There is no consensus here on whether the article meets the notability guidelines or not, although with arguments leading more towards keeping now than delete. Davewild (talk) 07:47, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Does not appear to meet GNG, can't find significant coverage for the subject of this unsourced BLP. J04n(talk page) 14:09, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete Autograph collector? I see a small article in the Finnish Wikipedia(translation) but it is skimpy. Not a single reference, and only one external link to a newspaper's overall website. The three external links in the Finnish Wikipedia are unhelpful. I don't understand how this article survived here for 10 years. If anyone can come up with sources for this person then fine, keep it, but I am not finding any. Coretheapple (talk) 14:23, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete: Sounds neat. It sounds like a cool little "did you know," and perhaps the Finnish Wikipedia has a TV special or something that did a human interest segment, but there are no references, and no claims to notability. I can certainly imagine that an "Inside Entertainment Hollywood People" in America or in syndication in Australia or the UK did a bit, but that probably wouldn't qualify, either. Hithladaeus (talk) 17:24, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment At first glance this article seems hopeless but using google.fi and searching for "Uncle Eki" in Finnish (Eki-setä) yields this for example, published by Finland's largest subscription newspaper. My language skills are not strong enough to expand the search further, but this might be a case of a lack of English sources and the fi.wp article is really not helping. Looking solely at Google it seems this person was quite the personality back in the day. I know "comment" comments in AFDs are really annoying for closing admins, so I'm going to go with weak keep on this one. §FreeRangeFrogcroak 18:03, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I know some people will have a say about this, but because it is also on the Finnish Wikipedia, which I definitely did not write, and also because I was the originator and like articles I originated to stay...weak keep. AntonioTio Loco Martin (Dale!) 08:41, June 14, 2015 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Finland-related deletion discussions. J04n(talk page) 18:25, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. J04n(talk page) 18:25, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Is notability in any country sufficient for inclusion in English Wikipedia? If so, is there any way to alert any Finnish people on English Wikipedia to this discussion (if not already done)? 31.51.134.46 (talk) 20:49, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- That the subject received two obituaries (one in English written by Miska Rantanen and the second in Finnish by Harri Uusitorppa) from the Helsingin Sanomat, "the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries" (with a circulation of 365,994 in 2011), strongly indicates he's notable. That he then received significant coverage four years after his death in Yle, "Finland's national public-broadcasting company", demonstrates that he clearly passes Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Cunard (talk) 05:30, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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