Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amafanius
Well, I'd argue that perhaps there should be.  There is one exception quoted at the top of the guideline ie. ''This is not intended to be an exclusionary list; just because someone doesn't fall into one of these categories doesn't mean an article on the person should automatically be deleted.''  I believe a lot of the editors are making the argument here that ancient scholars are an example of that more general exception.  I think it's worth noting that most of the criteria on  would not really apply to any Presocratic scholar.  The only one that does is ''The person made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in their specific field.''  "widely recognized" is what's at issue here and the discussion seems to me to be  whether any ancient scholar other than the big names could fulfill that criterion. Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes of Miletus|Anaximenes aren't exactly household names either -- and we don't even know when Thales lived, and Anaximander's thought survives only in fragments and references in other people's work .  However if you stop by at the first lecture of any intro western philosophy class, you'll be hearing as much about them as it's possible to know.  It's specialist knowledge and infinitely encyclopedic in my view
— User:Dina, 14:51, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)