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Italy

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Guerrilla Metropolitana

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Guerrilla Metropolitana (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:GNG. Not much independent coverage. His limited coverage is mostly interviews and reviews of films made by him. jolielover♥talk 05:06, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thank you for taking the time to review the article. I believe that there is enough coverage about him to qualify for an article. A lot of the coverage about him is controversial which ultimately does come down to peoples opinion of him. However the citations provided (not all) do link back to established people in the film and media industries whom are discussing him as a director. I didn't include the following information in the article as it hasn't happened yet, an author is writing a book about him, which would be another reliable published source upon completion. is this something you feel should be included, and if you would be able to help me improve the article so it can stay that would be appreciated. many thanks. JoeSage95 (talk) 08:05, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, and we can't determine if someone or something will be notable in the future. As the book is not published as of now, it does not count as a source towards notability. jolielover♥talk 09:34, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, that is why I didn't include that information in the article as it has not happened yet. However I believe that the citations provided do show his notability within his field as a directer. He has been spoken about by industry professionals, university lecturers, and critics. It just so happens that some of these are in a video format rather than for example a newspaper or book.
If you were to write this article what type of sources would you be looking to include? Books, Magazines, appearances on the news? Im very new to wikipedia. Im really trying but it's confusing. I would like the article to stay up and not be deleted and i'm willing to work to making it the best it can be. JoeSage95 (talk) 10:01, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Terravision (Italian company)

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Terravision (Italian company) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Non notable bus company Sugar Tax (talk) 10:08, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gaetano (disambiguation)

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Gaetano (disambiguation) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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A textbook example of WP:TWODABS with one obvious primary topic. (I already removed it as a hatnote from Gaetano). Clarityfiend (talk) 11:44, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Miss Grand Abruzzo

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Articles related to Miss Grand International appear to be a massive WP:PROMO and Wikipedia:Spam#Advertisements_masquerading_as_articles operation. This is one of them, and there are many others. The problem pattern, described below, applies to most of the articles related to Miss Grand International.

Many claims are unreferenced and cannot be corroborated by google searches. Unreferenced claims to not belong on Wikipedia, but problems go beyond that. The unreferenced claims indicate that people associated with the event (the ones who know the event from inside) are actually creating the articles. Covert promotion. Furthermore, many references DO NOT support the statements they purport to support. Oftentimes, the claim on Wikipedia is not featured in the reference in any form. There are many single-purpose accounts and that single purpose is to create promo articles related to Miss Grand International. Some, like User: InternationalPageant, are already banned. Permanently banned. Others aren’t and continue their Wikipedia:Spam#Advertisements_masquerading_as_articles operation.

These articles chip at the quality and reliability of Wikipedia itself. WP:TNT should be the response. University of The Purple Unicorn (talk) 18:44, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

University of The Purple Unicorn (talk) 20:42, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: There is a discussion alleging that I have a conflict of interest with the pageant Here. However, I believe that any conclusion regarding this deletion request, as well as other articles I have created that were nominated by him/her, should be based on the sources I provide in each proposed article, not on such an allegation. Thomson Walt (talk) 17:14, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep. This is part of a series of sloppy nominations made by University of The Purple Unicorn. Several of the claims made in the opening statement are not applicable to this article. For example, this article uses inline citations throughout, so the claim that there are unsourced statements isn't true. I was also unable to find any false citations in this article as claimed by the nominator in what appears to be a copy pasted nomination used in many nominations and done without thought or care for each individual article nominated. The article also contains no promotional next (ie zero peacock words, no puffery statements, etc.) so WP:PROMO doesn't appear applicable. Given that the nominator has not engaged at all with WP:SIGCOV or WP:ORGCRIT, and has not obviously even looked at the materials in this particular article (or they would have modified their opening nomination) I am voting keep. We shouldn't be encouraging article nominations done en masse that aren't done with due diligence (ie doing a WP:BEFORE, accurately summarizing the state of the article in the nomination, etc).4meter4 (talk) 02:25, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Miss Grand Apulia

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Miss Grand Apulia (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Articles related to Miss Grand International appear to be a massive WP:PROMO and Wikipedia:Spam#Advertisements_masquerading_as_articles operation. This is one of them, and there are many others. The problem pattern, described below, applies to most of the articles related to Miss Grand International.

Many claims are unreferenced and cannot be corroborated by google searches. Unreferenced claims to not belong on Wikipedia, but problems go beyond that. The unreferenced claims indicate that people associated with the event (the ones who know the event from inside) are actually creating the articles. Covert promotion. Furthermore, many references DO NOT support the statements they purport to support. Oftentimes, the claim on Wikipedia is not featured in the reference in any form. There are many single-purpose accounts and that single purpose is to create promo articles related to Miss Grand International. Some, like User: InternationalPageant, are already banned. Permanently banned. Others aren’t and continue their Wikipedia:Spam#Advertisements_masquerading_as_articles operation.

These articles chip at the quality and reliability of Wikipedia itself. WP:TNT should be the response. University of The Purple Unicorn (talk) 18:44, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak keep. This is part of a series of sloppy nominations made by University of The Purple Unicorn. Several of the claims made in the opening statement are not applicable to this article. For example, this article uses inline citations throughout, so the claim that there are unsourced statements isn't true. I was also unable to find any false citations in this article as claimed by the nominator in what appears to be a copy pasted nomination used in many nominations and done without thought or care for each individual article nominated. The article also contains no promotional next (ie zero peacock words, no puffery statements, etc.) so WP:PROMO doesn't appear applicable. Given that the nominator has not engaged at all with WP:SIGCOV or WP:ORGCRIT, and has not obviously even looked at the materials in this particular article (or they would have modified their opening nomination) I am voting keep. We shouldn't be encouraging article nominations done en masse that aren't done with due diligence (ie doing a WP:BEFORE, accurately summarizing the state of the article in the nomination, etc).4meter4 (talk) 02:25, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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CANT 38

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Doesn't appear to meet WP:N. Suggestion on its talk page that it could be merged with CANT 21, but as this has no verified information, I am unsure. Boleyn (talk) 08:51, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 07:51, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Archived source used by the article on it:wiki. Still not great but it at least indicates that the subject is not fictional. This book may be a better source if someone has access to it. The problem with merging with the CANT 21 article is that article is also terrible (and is largly unreadable).Nigel Ish (talk) 11:00, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ferrari Virtual Academy

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Fails WP:GNG. VirtualR.net is a Wordpress blog. DSOGaming is an unreliable source per WP:VG/S. FormulaPassion.it and Road & Track refs are both fairly insubstantial news stories. Redirect to Kunos Simulazioni? Mika1h (talk) 15:08, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn by nominator - Found reviews by Level (magazine): [1], The Games Machine (Italy): [2], Giochi per il mio computer: [3]. I added them to the article. --Mika1h (talk) 10:30, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Keep or redirect? Nominator withdrew but other editors apparently disagree with their withdrawal.
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Tino Caspanello

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This article is very clearly AI generated, and before being AI generated, was already a stub. It has likely also been solely updated due to COI reasons. I couldn't really find much coverage on this person either. If not deleted, this article seriously needs a full rewrite. – LuniZunie ツ(talk) 23:27, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Actors and filmmakers, and Italy. – LuniZunie ツ(talk) 23:27, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • TNT or delete I haven't had time to look for sources myself and this isn't a field with which I'm familiar at all, but the most recent set of edits are clearly LLM (lots of evidence) and COI (admitted some coordination, denied that that makes it any shade of a COI situation), as well as somewhat promotionally written and somewhat unsourced, so at a minimum it needs to be taken back so some historical revision. But the article history has been plagued by other COI and lack of sourcing for many years, so it needs either a complete rewrite after someone finds actual sources and can make a claim of notability, or else kill it outright. DMacks (talk) 23:35, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Good morning. Thank you for your comments. I'm trying to figure out what to do, but I could also use some help. I can certainly revise and rewrite the entire article, but obviously I'll need some time. There's no conflict of interest between me and the author; as I've already mentioned, I contacted the author to ask if I could expand an existing page. My interest is purely academic, as I studied the author's plays at the University of Salerno, as is done at several other Italian universities. As for the use of AI, I think it all depends on my knowledge of English, which isn't excellent, so I occasionally get help from a web translator. Valydibi (talk) 10:59, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    For the record, I spot-checked four of the refs added by Valydibi recently, and all four failed verification of the statements, including one that I checked after they said they re-checked them. I am left with casting a WP:CIR (or at best WP:LLMCIR) over their entire work, and strongly oppose keeping its current form as a BLP disaster. DMacks (talk) 21:01, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Theatre-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 06:48, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I did some quick clean-up. The "Publications" section does not seem of encyclopedic importance, as it merely breaks down where his already-listed plays were published. I would delete it. Also, the EL section needs a lot of culling, although there may be some useful refs hidden in it. I have no opinion on whether this person is notable or not. Someone needs to analyze the refs. -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:55, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Good morning. Rather than consider deleting the Publications section, which confirms the international reach of the author's playwright's work, could you please tell me how to improve it, what to add? Thank you! Valydibi (talk) 07:21, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    For one thing, you could make it clear which ones have been produced -- as opposed to merely published -- and at what theatres? Full productions are of much greater importance than readings. If any of them had long runs, state how many performances (together with citations that state the facts being asserted). Same for the plays of other writers that he directed. If notable (bluelinked) people had starring roles in any of these plays, that might help (especially if many of the leading roles were played by blue-linked people. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:17, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Keep He appears to be a very well known artist in Italy and many of the sources are in Italian but I thhink he's notable enough in his home country to warrant keeping the page in English. Agnieszka653 (talk) 18:49, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Than you! To understand the importance of this author, we need to distinguish between theater and entertainment. This author has devoted himself much more to writing than to business, because he has always defended the literary dignity of writing, an aspect that is too often overlooked. For this reason, he defends the existence of theater on the page as well, as a reading and a re-creation of an intimately personal theater. Furthermore, in Italy, the theatrical world is complex and diverse. There are the large permanent theaters, tied to politics and money, whose programs are repetitive and insensitive to change. Beyond these, there exists a much more vibrant theatrical world, far removed from power, which welcomes new drama and deeper reflections on the relationship between theater and reality. This author belongs to this second world and is always highly critical of certain cultural policy choices made by large theaters and the government. His radical choices in writing have brought his work to universities, and several students have written theses on his plays. I don't know what else to add. I'm working hard to build this page, but I'm a little discouraged right now. My apologies for my poor English. Valydibi (talk) 05:55, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep also per above, BUT absolutely tag to expand using information from the Italian version of the article. 147.161.236.94 (talk) 15:40, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral. Weak Delete or TNT per DMacks' spot-check noted above. I saw that the source given for the subject's main claim to fame, a playwriting prize mentioned in the Lead, did not even Verify that he won the prize. Other citations proposed last night (which I deleted), did not appear to be independent and violated WP:EL. I think the article should be deleted, and, if this person is notable, someone should start again using independent, sources. -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:59, 23 October 2025 (UTC) Re:signing: -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:42, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    A better cite was added. However, most of the sources given in this article are primary sources, which (assuming they even do that) verify only that something happened. It needs secondary sources that explain the importance of the event, production or work. -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:08, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Pictures of a Revolution in Prishtine was not directed by Caspanello, but by a director from Kosovo, as can be seen from note 15. Valydibi (talk) 00:07, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do not delete. Tino Caspanello—I would suggest Agatino (Tino) Caspanello or Tino (Agatino) Caspanello, because Tino is the name the author is known by—is one of the most famous Italian playwrights, with his written and performed works also being distributed abroad. This is a very important aspect, because in Italy it is very difficult to establish relationships with theaters, theater companies, and publishing houses in other countries. I checked the sources cited, and they are all valid. I checked the website of the Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia, which does not have digital archives, but maintains the paper documents of its students in the office. Anyone can write and learn about the author's studies, but I don't believe it's possible to post paper documents on the page. I understand the concern about the presence of institutional websites, but it's important to understand the relationship between Italian newspapers and theater: for many years, newspapers have no longer been interested in theater; they no longer publish theater news and reviews, unless they refer to famous television personalities. Material available online is often lost because archives are not built to preserve information. How, then, can we attest to an author's career? Online magazines, such as Sipario.it and Dramma.it, Altrevelocità.it, and Teatroecritica.it, remain the only ones that still pay close attention to Italian theatre, and their websites attest to the veracity of information about the author. Tessy43 (talk) 06:45, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
per WP:NAME, the correct title is Tino Caspanello, if that is how he is generally known. His full name is Agatino Caspanello -- the nickname is not needed in the full/birth name because it is "a common hypocorism of one of their names" -- that is, Tino is a common and obvious nickname for Agatino. See MOS:NICKNAME. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:03, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Here's the link to the highly respected theater criticism and news site Ateatro.it, which reports the author's news of the 2003 Riccione Prize.
https://www.ateatro.it/2003/09/28/i-vincitori-del-premio-riccione/
Can someone add it to the page? I don't know how. Thanks. Tessy43 (talk) 06:51, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! I'll try to publish this link and others I found. Valydibi (talk) 14:09, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Tessy43 (talk) 07:54, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I checked the links, and they're all working. Interesting links are those on the website of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, where Mari opened the Tramedautore festival in 2018; the website of the national newspaper La Repubblica; and the Italieaparis website, which reports on a study day on the author at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris, in collaboration with the Paris-Sorbonne. Also very interesting is the article in the Openedition magazine on the myths and the crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. I'll try to publish them, along with the related news. Valydibi (talk) 10:23, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your thoughts about "the purpose of an encyclopedia" (emphasis mine) do not correspond to notability guideline (specific to Wikipedia as a particular encyclopedia). DMacks (talk) 11:04, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - The article cites multiple indipendent and reliable sources, including theatrical reviews and international publications. The author is a recognized Italian playwright and theater director, whose theatrical writing has been awarded and also translated and published in several countries (France, USA, Belgium, Kosovo, Turkey). The topic clearly meets WP Artist and WP Author notability criteria.
  • Keep buuut heavily edit: I agree that the current state of the article is messy but the subject is definitely notable and there are bones underneath that preclude the use of high explosives, in my opinion. Moritoriko (talk) 14:01, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    - A reivew
    - a much older review (2008)
    - a review which also collaborates winning the prize
    I think that is enough to pass WP:NENTERTAINER Moritoriko (talk) 14:09, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! And thanks for the second and third links. Valydibi (talk) 14:22, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I disagree with many of the things you've deleted. I kindly ask you to restore the Novels section with accurate information about the books, and to restore all publications of Caspanello's works abroad, which confirm the widespread diffusion of his writing. I see that on many other entries similar to this one, the section contains similarly worded information. Caspanello has been published not only in France and Turkey, but also in Belgium, Kosovo, and the United States. The ISBN codes also serve to demonstrate this. I ask you to restore the Directions section because it confirms his activity as a director, with all the references from independent newspapers and specialized websites. If you'd like to summarize the Style and Poetics section, you can do so, but please don't delete it; the section contains important references related to the Italian, French, and Canadian academic and university worlds. Valydibi (talk) 03:55, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree with the deletion of the Novels heading and streamlining of the text about the two novels. I also agree with deletion of the section about the publication of plays in translation. That is not encyclopedic material. If there is an article discussing these publications as a whole, a mention of that, together with a cite to that article would be appropriate. As for the plays he directed, they can be mentioned, in chronological order, in the career section of they were important to his career. It would be better to find a source that states *why* his work as a director was important, and that talks about his directing career in the aggregate. As for the the style and poetics section, I have not read the sources. Is there a WP:Reliable source that discusses the themes and techniques he has focused on throughout his career? If so, what the source says can be summarized and cited. No one is likely to do these things for you, User:Valydibi -- if you want to restore important material about his career from these sections, you need to present this information much more succinctly, focusing on what is most important to understanding Caspanello's career. I'm happy to proofread what you write, but the more succinct you make it, the more likely Moritoriko and others will accept it. -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:12, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep This article Is interesting for understanding the development of contemporary Italian drama, especially in the Mediterranea area and for the references in various languages that confirm the encyclopedic nature of the author's theatrical work. The various sections can cettainly be expanded over time with additional informations and references. Elisamast
  • Keep Though I would expect for an Italian person to have an article in Italian wikipedia first, there are enough sources to establish his notability. The fact that AI was probaly used in writing does not make the person not notable. Mag2k (talk) 22:34, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I'd like some more input by experienced editors as to whether the notability concerns have been addressed. An article being generated with the help of AI is not in and of itself a reason for deletion, as long as the article is correctly sourced and does not contain substantial defects such as hallucinations. If any such defects are present, they should be identified.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 08:01, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: There are some unsigned Keep arguments here that correspond to IP account edits.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 19:27, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Among the sources in the article, three provide some sort of biography, two as an appendix to a text mainly devoted to his work,[4][5] and one as a standalone article.[6] I believe an easier case can be made that he passes WP:NAUTHOR. Santa, la guerra[7][8], Orli[9], Quadri di una rivoluzione[10], Mari[11][12][13] The lack of an article in Italian Wikipedia is explained by far stricter notability standards compared to English Wikipedia.[14] Kelob2678 (talk) 18:34, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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