Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael "Spider" Gianco

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 15:21, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Michael_"Spider"_Gianco

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Joseph Allegro (AfD discussion) made me wonder how many other badly sourced biographies of purported criminals there are. This is only the second article that I've even looked at. The article started like this. There's no page number given in the one source cited. I've checked the book as best I can, and there's no Gianco or Gianfranco that I can find in it at all. I cannot find any other sources documenting this person's life and works. Ironically, in later revisions, the article was changed and, as you can see now, entirely repudiates the one source that was supposed to be supporting its content. And the repudiation is entirely without supporting sources. The article itself makes a case for its own unverifiability. Uncle G (talk) 23:46, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge any relevant information into Henry Hill, Goodfellas, Wiseguy (book) etc. Doesn't seem notable on his own, even if sources were found proving his existence.The Dominator^Talk_Edits 22:54, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:49, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 05:53, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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