Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Theo Vasiliou

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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 delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:02, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peter Theo Vasiliou

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A biographical article about a businessman who is (rather peripherally it seems) associated with football. Although the article appeared to be of someone who appeared to be notable, further examination of the claims in the article make a pretty strong case that he's not notable and little if any of the info we have about him can be verified. So I think we should delete this article.

The notability claims in the article are very weak: he's a businessman (but there's no indication that the business is anything special), he was involved with a non-league football team (but not, it seems, to a huge degree). He tried to buy a small professional team, but didn't succeed. The claims (present in the article as initially submitted) that he played for two notable English football teams appear either to be false or gross exaggerations (cf Talk:Millwall F.C.#Peter Theo Vasiliou and Talk:Peter Theo Vasiliou) and in turn the weakness of these few verifiable claims weakens the sources (which, in that light, seems more like a press releases than a reliable sources) for much of the article. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 21:58, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete I agree, he didn't purchase a club, he didn't play, and I can't verify that he ever did anything notable. Accounting4Taste 00:29, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. He appears to be a rich guy whose ambition is to become a football hobbyist. Qworty 03:27, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
  • This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. Malcolmxl5 12:22, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Non-notable. We don't post every successful businessman, just the notable ones (e.g. Richard Branson). Being associated with a footbal team does not make him notable per se. Alexf(Talk/Contribs) 12:31, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Has not played or managed in a fully professional league, and his business exploits do not appear to make him notable either. Number 57 20:11, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep He is an important spokesman for Pukka Pies!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.135.2.218 (talk) 14:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Note that 212.135.2.218 (talk · contribs) added a couple of links to a blog at http://jaffafundcake.blogspot.com (which I've removed per WP:EL - they're obviously a joke). A review of that blog shows that it seems devoted entirely to light-hearted mockery of the subject, and also references this AfD, although it's not a call-to-votestuff. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 17:37, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I Peter Theo, I not liar, I eat pie - Peter Theo! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.135.2.218 (talk) 14:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


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