Talk:Armand Ceritano

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Hilst talk 12:43, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that Armand Ceritano acquired a Philadelphia hotel for "a smile and a handshake"?

• Source: Philadelphia Inquirer ("Westinghouse was almost ready to begin foreclosure when Ceritano appeared on the scene. Because of the plight of the hotel, the company turned over the $6.8 million mortgage to him in return for a smile and a handshake. The only money involved was the $20 filing fee for the papers, which, incidentally, Ceritano says he borrowed from two layers.")

• • ALT1: ... that Armand Ceritano acquired a Philadelphia hotel for "a smile and a handshake" – and $20, borrowed from others? Source: same, but with the addition of the $20 filing fee
  • ALT2: ... that future millionaire Armand Ceritano said that when he arrived to the U.S. as an immigrant, "My only capital ... was a goat"? Source: quote from this article; also e.g. this if you need an article directly calling him a millionaire
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/KMUN

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 288 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:32, 1 January 2025 (UTC).

• New enough and long enough. Article is well-written and researched. No signs of copyright issues. QPQ checks. Hook is cited and is interesting; I can't read the part that backs up the statement in the preview so it is accepted in good faith. I prefer ALT1, but all three hooks look good to me. Damien Linnane (talk) 00:59, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Why the hell does this guy have an article?

I can’t for the life of me figure out why this guy deserves an article, and there is no explanation other than the fact that he appeared in local commercials around Philadelphia in the 70s. If that’s the standard, why don’t we have an article on the owner of my local plumbing company? He’s on local access television in an even larger city. Ceritano’s biography resembles that of millions of other businessmen in the world, he did nothing remarkable. 71.95.192.86 (talk) 21:12, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

According to WP:Notability (people), 'a person is presumed to be notable if they have received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject'. And this person does seem to have received a decent amount of media coverage back in his day. You are right that he isn't remarkable, but being remarkable is not a requirement for having a Wikipedia article - Wikipedia is full of articles about relatively unremarkable people.--62.73.72.3 (talk) 01:48, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Armand or Armando?

Both version occur in the article. 62.73.72.3 (talk) 01:32, 17 January 2025 (UTC)