Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Ciro Paoletti

Ciro Paoletti
This article was prod because "Unmemorable quote and lack of notability for its author." The tag was removed with this comment: "this is author of a standard military history text writing about the literature; memorable albeit long; the lack of enWP article more reflects the scarcity of its coverage". Memorability of the passage is not evinced by being quoted anywhere. This cursory survey of the literature of a field exhibits none of the qualities of Quotability. — Ningauble (talk) 14:31, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 15:00, 9 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete as nom. I do not doubt that it is informative and useful to note prior works in the field of the author's "standard(?) text"; however, even allowing that such background information is not always expected to be particularly witty, pithy, eloquent, or poignant in its expression, this passage does not represent a particularly wise or insightful example of original thought. It is just the sort of an annotated bibliography that is commonly included in the preface or introduction of an academic work to show that the author has done his homework. ~ Ningauble (talk) 14:31, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom and further rationale by Ningauble. ~ UDScott (talk) 14:56, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Neither the author nor the quote is notable. There is not even a topic into which this quote can be merged. BD2412 T 00:38, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep That this is a standard text should be obvious from the title of the book itself. If anything we should lower the bar of notability of humanities authors and try to create Wikiquote pages on everyone who has written a full volume text. You previously nominated one of my creation for deletion at Votes for deletion/David Mumford with the same rationale. I was able to further expand it though. Same logic here, do you seriously believe that there is no memorable quote on a topic as diverse as Italian military history? I am taking the liberty to ping here some of our more active contributors to the military history project at enWP.
 * Solomon7968 (talk) 01:44, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Is there any notable work in which this passage has actually been quoted? I couldn't find one. BD2412 T 03:16, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Is there any notable work in which this passage has actually been quoted? I couldn't find one. BD2412 T 03:16, 8 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. If Paoletti is notable, give him a page on Wikipedia and move the quote over there.-- Jim in Georgia  Contribs  Talk  02:10, 8 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment, please see WP:CANVASS. If the individual is notable than as suggested by than the individual should be able to pass WP:BIO and if there are significant quotes of the individual, than this page can stand. If the individual does not have notability, than how is it that their quotes are notable, unless the quote itself has received significant coverage?--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 04:06, 8 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Why have I been pinged? I have no interest in, or opinion about, this matter. Dodger67 (talk) 06:26, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Ditto. GraemeLeggett (talk) 07:16, 8 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment No idea why I've been brought into this but am struggling to see anything noteworthy about this quote. As already said, it seems like the sort of comment on literature found in most text books. 95.148.242.188 08:40, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete: agree with Jim in Georgia above. Alansplodge (talk) 10:27, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Migrate per JiminGeorgia. With that, I have replied to my ping. 2600:1011:B04F:E9F8:BD66:AF42:7B4A:C2C 12:21, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per JimInGeorgia. I'm not familiar with the standard notability of WikiQuotes, but I think that if this guy is truly notable enough to have a page with one quote he would have a Wikipedia article. Since we lack an article, we can either create one or just delete this. I'm leaning towards delete. UNSC Luke 1021 (talk) 13:16, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - As far as I can tell in a few minutes of searching, this is either the only book this person has written, or the only book of any importance. If I'm missing something feel free to ping me and point it out. I don't keep an eye on my WQ watchlist. Timothy Joseph Wood  19:06, 9 May 2017 (UTC)