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June 12
[edit]Retired State Politician
[edit]Hi, I knew David Bobzien (Jr.) very well growing up and know a little bit about his work in Nevada, but his Wikipedia article isn't very accurate. Also a lot of the links at the bottom of the page go to broken or outdated pages. I've heard from a few people that the Wikipedia page was mainly started because he was thinking about trying to be a Congressman, but his campaign never got off the ground. He is pretty much out of politics now. I don't know enough about wikipedia to try and delete an article or if this even should be deleted but I don't it should be on this site the way it looks now. -KTcup82 (talk) 07:23, 12 June 2021 (UTC).
- There is a (slightly complicated) procedure for nominating an article for deletion, described in detail in the section Wikipedia:Articles for deletion § Nominating article(s) for deletion. The rationale for deletion in this case would be the lack of notability; for the criteria, see Wikipedia:Notability (people) § Politicians and judges. If you feel the subject of the article does not meet these criteria, it is a waste of time to improve the article. You can, alternatively, simply mark the article by inserting {{notability|notability (people)}} at the beginning of the wikitext. --Lambiam 09:34, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- Since he was a member of the Nevada Assembly for eight years, he almost certainly meets notability guidelines, so there is no point of asking for deletion. It's a question of improving the article based on reliable sources. The article contains very little information as it is, and it does not contain any speculation about future political ambitions either, so I'm not sure what would need to be removed. Xuxl (talk) 12:39, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- You might want to study WP:Template index/Cleanup and add an appropriate tag or tags at the top of the article, thus asking for attention to the problems, and you could explain your relevant personal knowledge on the article's talk page. --184.144.99.25 (talk) 04:21, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
- Since he was a member of the Nevada Assembly for eight years, he almost certainly meets notability guidelines, so there is no point of asking for deletion. It's a question of improving the article based on reliable sources. The article contains very little information as it is, and it does not contain any speculation about future political ambitions either, so I'm not sure what would need to be removed. Xuxl (talk) 12:39, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Access to La Prensa (Managua)
[edit]Access question. What's the best way to find out (perhaps: ask here!) if any of the Wikipedia Library resources have access to foreign-language press like La Prensa (Managua)? I have been working on improve en-wiki coverage of Nicaragua (of particular interest as there is a presidential election this year) and La Prensa is the country's largest paper but the paywall is a beast. Any chance I might access through one of the databases? I struck out looking in EBSCO altho it's possible I'm not searching for the title of a publication correctly. Thank you much! Innisfree987 (talk) 20:30, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- Standard place is WP:REX... AnonMoos (talk) 22:16, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- AnonMoos, thanks so much—success there (via ProQuest). Appreciate it! Innisfree987 (talk) 04:16, 13 June 2021 (UTC)