Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Fernando Alonso


 * 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: speedy keep. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 02:14, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Fernando Alonso
This page contains no quotations even attributed to the original person, instead only presenting two quotes about the person. While the provided quotes do include source information, I strongly feel that we should discourage the creation of pages solely containing quotes about a person and none from them. Particularly, quotes about a person rarely offer any larger message or insight beyond that single person, usually taking the form of some sort of praise; in this specific case, the two quotes are both from other race drivers praising Alonso. I think it's material better-suited to some sort of fan site (are there such things for F1 drivers?) than Wikiquote. —LrdChaos (talk) 15:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Vote closed early. Result: speedy keep (4 keeps, including nominator; no dissent; cited main problem resolved). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 02:14, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. —LrdChaos (talk) 15:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep with UDScott's improvements. —LrdChaos (talk) 15:08, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, now that I have added some quotes. In this case, I felt the subject was notable enough to try to improve the page, but I definitely agree with your contention that we should probably require at least some quotes by the person, rather than just some about the person to keep it as a page. ~ UDScott 16:01, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. - InvisibleSun 04:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep now. Thanks, UDScott! ~ Jeff Q (talk) 02:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


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