Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Conrado Benitez

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The result was Nomination withdrawn. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 09:24, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Conrado Benitez

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~~I don't think this person meets the notability standards. Only two references: a passing mention in one, the other is to another WP page where he's not even mentioned.~~ -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 17:21, 5 November 2013 (UTC) Thanks to all for improving the article. Nomination withdrawn. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 17:13, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I found a reference to this person testifying to Congress on behalf of Philippine independence. Not sure if that helps establish notability, but thought I'd mention. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 17:42, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep given the information noted by the users below, I'll take a firm stand on it now. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 02:28, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose deletion - as author or starter of this article, and this article has been existing for quite a while now. Plus for above comment. - AnakngAraw (talk) 02:13, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 10:18, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 10:18, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:02, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep notable historical figure of the Philippines. Accomplishments and notability include:

He was a member of a committee of seven, dubbed as the "Seven Wise Men" tasked to do the final draft of the 1935 Constitution.[1].
Historian and the author of various books and articles pertaining to Philippine History, including History of the Philippines (1926), a standard history book used "almost exclusively" in public schools in the country.[2]
Several public buildings and streets were named in honor of him among them is the C. Benitez Street in Quezon City where he served as a city councilor, and Benitez St in Lungsod ng Marikina.
1st Filipino dean of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Liberal Arts.
Founded the College of Business Administration of UP and also served as its dean.
1st editor of The Philippine Herald (1920)
Recipient of the Rizal Pro-Patria Award, awarded by the President of the Philippines, now dormant the award was one of the highest state awards. And the Knight Grand Cross of Rizal.

-- Green Cardamom (talk) 20:12, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Green Cardamom. I added the first two of the bullet points above to the article. Note though that the "almost exclusively" in the linked source refers not to Benitez' book but to the earlier book it replaced. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:02, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I interpreted that as meaning if the one book was almost exclusive, the book that replaced it would naturally be as well. --Green Cardamom (talk) 01:58, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Here is a complete summary biography. There is much to say about Benitez. It is copied from the book Filipinos in History, Volume 1, National Historical Institute, Jan 1 1996. You can tell by doing a Google Books search on the first sentence (in quotes) and it will return a snippet view of this book. So the source is usable as a cite, but can't link to oocities.org, rather Google Books. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 02:15, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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