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France

Pascal Perrault

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One European Poker Tour win doesn't qualify for even the informal WP:POKER#Biography article notability criteria. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:46, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Benny Nemer

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Article is borderline notable and may not quite pass WP:BIO. However, the individual in question has requested deletion via a now-declined speedy deletion which I will quote;

"I am Benny Nemer, the subject of this page.

This page was originally created over a decade ago by someone I do not know, who created pages about Canadian LGBTQ artists. While I was originally quite flattered by this gesture, no one ever updated this page, and its information became quickly out of date. Believing I could not update it myself, I asked friends to update it with information from my website.

But as time goes by, the page is consistently out of date. No one cares for it. And because of this, it disseminates outdated information about me, which reappears elsewhere on the internet, including when a Google search is made about me.

I really wish some art historian or art student would take up the work of keeping this page current, but no one does. I have a minor career. I don't think a wikipedia page is really necessary for me.

I am therefore humbly requesting that this page be deleted and that people find out about me through other, more current sources, like my artist website, www.nemer.be

Thank you for your consideration.

Yours,

Benny"

Thus, I am requesting deletion per WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE CoconutOctopus talk 17:14, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Single source used into article, doesn't meet notability guidelines. Appears to be likely very outdated and incorrect, as the note above says. A sentence currently in the article about "Since 2000" was added when the article was created in 2006, this is likely incorrect as the artist has likely moved past what they were doing 20 years ago. Another sentence in the article about "recent work" was added in 2013, which is now also likely incorrect. A quick search for additional sources only found non-independent sources like personal websites, social media, and school websites. Asparagusstar (talk) 18:08, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Valiama Narain

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the information does not establish any general notability about this person. The only result on Google Books is an obscure book written in 1989, so there is a lack of significant coverage. Arbor to SJ (talk) 03:36, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete this article doesn't even explain why she's notable. This reads like somebody's history assignment on their ancestor. I found one more source [1] but overall, fails WP:GNG. jolielover♥talk 07:07, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Maxime Lanet

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Subject fails to meet the WP:GNG because of a lack of WP:SIGCOV from reliable, independent sources. The only references currently are databases which provide zero credence to notability, and I was unable to find anything better elsewhere. It appears that the subject may have written a book at some point, as evidenced by [[2]], but I'm not seeing a WP:NAUTHOR pass here either. A redirect to France at the 1928 Summer Olympics may be a suitable WP:ATD. Let'srun (talk) 01:26, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: Lanet seems to have worked as a journalist after the Olympics [3], [4]. Oaktree b (talk) 02:50, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Some field hockey coverage here [5] with a brief obituary "necrologie" near the middle of the page, under the "bloc-notes" section [6]. Oaktree b (talk) 02:51, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not only was has a journalist, he appears to have wrote at least one book. [7] Ike Lek (talk) 04:55, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That is what I shared in my nomination statement. However, I couldn't find any evidence of a WP:NAUTHOR pass. Let'srun (talk) 12:57, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: After a search at the BNF (above), there isn't enough coverage found to show notability. Oaktree b (talk) 02:57, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to France at the 1928 Summer Olympics#Hockey, where his name was mentioned. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 13:46, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per above. Not much. PARAKANYAA (talk) 16:59, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to France at the 1928 Summer Olympics#Hockey – As WP:ATD. Svartner (talk) 00:22, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Namco Bandai Partners

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Doubt about notability for this version of the article. The page was originally created in 2006 to be about Ozisoft, the Australian distribution arm of Atari. I think it was then changed to be about distribution of Namco Bandai Partners around 2010? But finally around 2021 to be solely about the 2008 joint venture of Infogrames and Namco Bandai. That was short lived until 2009 when Namco Bandai took over, however at that point I see the notability to be part of Bandai Namco. Perhaps it could be merged to Infogrames or Bandai Namco? IgelRM (talk) 20:17, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Well, judging from some research I’ve done, while Namco Bandai Partners was a distributor, they occasionally published games separate from those of its parent company and they were technically a separate division. This source [8] says: "Both arms of Namco Bandai’s European distribution company have now merged under a single brand – Namco Bandai Games." The Atari SA page already makes mention of this company in case you were wondering. Luigitehplumber (talk) 01:33, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, so this is saying the Namco Bandai Partners that existed from 2009 to 2013 was a notable separate division of Bandai Namco? I think we end up with just a list of games, which could be better covered by a Namco Bandai Partners category. IgelRM (talk) 22:10, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In some way, that's a bit like if Atari Europe (it's past name) was a notable division. While I could easily expand the page better, I'll nominate this for it to be merged into the Bandai Namco Entertainment page. Luigitehplumber (talk) 15:52, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I understand, but I would support a merge to Bandai Namco Entertainment or perhaps List of Bandai Namco video games. IgelRM (talk) 18:22, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Basically, what I'm trying to explain is that if there was a page about Atari Europe, there wouldn't really be any point at all because they mainly existed as a distributor much like with Namco Bandai Partners. Luigitehplumber (talk) 23:29, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Transwave

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Has cited no sources since its creation, does not appear to pass WP:BAND. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 18:54, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Created in 2004 with zero sources, a true time survivor. Svartner (talk) 22:39, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I say Delete as the almost 21-year-old article reads like an essay. ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 00:05, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – They cranked out a lot of homemade music but I can find no coverage of their career in reliable media, nor pro reviews of any of their albums. Otherwise they're only visible in the standard directories and self-upload sites. Note that both members have their own articles which might be ripe for AfD nominations: Absolum and Frédéric Holyszewski. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 12:48, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete A lot of these articles in the early days might need second looks. This one is not notable and is super poorly written. Iljhgtn (talk) 05:57, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Patrice Delévaque

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Subject fails to meet the WP:GNG because of a lack of WP:SIGCOV from reliable sources. The only reference currently is a database, and all I could find elsewhere was a mention at [[9]]. Let'srun (talk) 00:00, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to France at the 1928 Summer Olympics per WP:ATD.4meter4 (talk) 02:10, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to France at the 1928 Summer Olympics#Hockey – As WP:ATD. Svartner (talk) 02:25, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to France at the 1928 Summer Olympics#Hockey as I always prefer a good redirect over a full on delete as a better ATD. Iljhgtn (talk) 05:45, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred Hector Roland

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Lack of notability. Go D. Usopp (talk) 14:14, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep can be expanded from the French article. See the short bio here[10]. There's a 300+ page biography from 1901 in French.[11] And the French Wikipedia has several more sources:
- Paul Cardeilhac, Les Montagnards et l'Aventure ; La belle histoire des Quarante Chanteurs Montagnards d'Alfred Roland, Bagnères, Ed. pyrénéennes, 1949. In-12, br, 62p. Avec 6 photographies h.t.
- Les chanteurs montagnards d'Alfred Roland, Halte-là les montagnards sont là !, 2002, ISBN 2-84618-069-5
- Pierre Debofle, Un continuateur lozérien d'Alfred Roland : Henri Planchon (1834-1885), ténor des chanteurs montagnards béarnais, d'après sa correspondance, Bulletin de la Société Ramond, 1981, p. 119-133.

--Jahaza (talk) 17:39, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've updated Wikidata so that the items are linked now and the French and Catalan articles are linked to the English one. And tagged for expansion from French. Jahaza (talk) 23:24, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – meets GNG. Also, is this about him? [12] – Ike Lek (talk) 02:01, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per the multiple reliable sources identified in this discussion that together show a pass of WP:GNG so that deletion is unnecessary in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 23:12, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Roland Piquepaille

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This individual does not seem to meet WP:GNG, at first glance from a search he appears to have some sources written about him, such as this in The Washington Post, but on further inspection these amount to nothing more than blogs or passing mentions; there's no actual significant coverage in reliable sources. Devonian Wombat (talk) 21:47, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. Passes WP:SIGCOV. This book published by Palgrave Macmillan UK states he was an influential writer on nanotechnology: [13]. This article in Network World also credits him as an influential blogger: [14]. These French academic books also calls him an influential blogger: [15] and [16]. He gets cited and quoted quite a lot in technology journals, books, and magazines in google books/scholar. I could list several, but randomly picking one from google books see see here as an example. Here are a few things from google scholar with coverage: [17], [18], [19]. I also note there are several things written by him in google scholar. Given the statements about him being an influential writer I say there is enough evidence that he passes criteria 1 of WP:AUTHOR as well.4meter4 (talk) 21:06, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Betty Chebet Cherwon

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Ambassadors are not inherently notable. Appears to fail WP:GNG as I believe the sources in the article constitute routine coverage for a diplomat rather than represenging significant coverage. Uhooep (talk) 01:47, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – In addition to WP:NPOL providing presumed notability for ambassadors, sources already on the page pass WP:GNG, such as: [20][21][22][23]. "Routine coverage" is not mentioned in WP:GNG, and the idea that non-notable people get frequent "routine" news coverage baffles me. – Ike Lek (talk) 02:33, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep per Ike Lek. Dsp13 (talk) 20:51, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: The four references Ike Lek puts forth are mostly routine coverage of the subject. Sources one and two are by the same author in the same work about the subject's visit with Pope Francis and a few months later her reflections about him after he died. There are a couple of lines about the subject in these but it's mostly quotes from her discussing Pope Francis. Sources three and four are routine coverage. IMO this article doesn't pass GNG. The main question is, does NPOL cover ambassadors the way NPROF covers academics; in the latter the subject doesn't need to meet GNG. It's been my understanding that NPOL provides notability to elected officials assuming there is WP:SIGCOV of them (which there usually is), although it can be in local sources, which might not be allowed for a regular GNG pass. I've mostly seen arguments that WP:NPOL does not cover ambassadors although the language of the policy isn't completely clear about that. Even if it did cover ambassadors, they will still need SIGCOV, which this article does not seem to have for the subject. However, I like the article and it would be good to have more women from Africa covered here. Unfortunately I couldn't find any additional sources. Nnev66 (talk) 15:53, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Fails WP:SIGCOV. Ambassadors aren't covered under WP:NPOL. This is the widely held view at AFD. The articles in evidence are trivial puff pieces over very minor events. There isn't any in-depth discussion of her career in a wider context. I'm not seeing a single source that would count towards GNG.4meter4 (talk) 01:20, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete agree with above, there is no presumed or inherent notability for ambassadors. Lacking coverage to meet WP:BIO. LibStar (talk) 01:36, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Libertaire-Plage

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This article was created a few years ago as a stub, without much information and citing a further reading drawn from the French Wikipedia. None of the sources in the further reading appear to have given significant coverage of the camp. Renaud Violet said that the existence of the camp was announced in Régénération, as a footnote to discussion of Faure's La Ruche, and that "it seems that this holiday camp was not a success, as we hear no more about it." Céline Beaudet doesn't appear to mention the camp at all. Michel Antony mentions it in passing as an anarchist camp. The French Wikipedia article leaves little to be desired either, as it's mostly cobbled together from individual biographies of people tangentially affiliated with the camp. I also looked it up on Google Scholar and found no results.[24]

As there is no significant coverage of this subject in reliable sources, and as the one source that does give it any detail says it was short-lived and there's not much known about it, I'm nominating this article for deletion. Grnrchst (talk) 10:20, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge mention and image to Albert Libertad, its founder. Alternatively, anarchism in France per [25]. Not sure about this current article title but it did indeed exist as "Le Rayon de soleil" (and "La Nature pour tous") in Châtelaillon. There are a number of sources via Google Books that mention the vacation spot in passing in relation to Libertad, hence why it should redirect there as an alternative to deletion. There might be more in non-English works about Libertad but will leave that for another search. Beaudet discusses the topic in pp. 57–59. czar 03:16, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/France

Contents

France

Pascal Perrault

Benny Nemer

Valiama Narain

Maxime Lanet

Namco Bandai Partners

Transwave

Patrice Delévaque

Alfred Hector Roland

Roland Piquepaille

Betty Chebet Cherwon

Libertaire-Plage

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