Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni di Stefano
I understand Lawrence's concerns, but di Stefano is much more than just notorious, he has (unlike many problem biography subjects) been the ''primary'' subject of non-trivial coverage in multiple independent sources.  Most of these sources do a very poor job of concealing their feelings for him  - the BBC described him as "the Devil's advocate" in a lengthy profile, for example - and several editors have been swayed by that into creating serious issues with this article, but in this case it is possible, with care, to avoid that.  Long-term protection would be a good idea, but deletion is not, I think, supportable given the level of coverage and the highly-publicised links with numerous notorious clients. I'm afraid I cannot accept that this article is hurting di Stefano and his family any more than the press coverage of his own work does.  If you choose to represent Saddam Hussein, Kenneth Noye, Arkan, Slobodan Milosevic and Harold Shipman, I would think that you might be expected to have a fairly thick skin, or at least a good deal of self-confidence. I find it very hard to believe that a family who accepts his quite public statements of friendship with some pretty  unsavoury characters, would be much worried about what Wikipedia says about him. And I do not think I am exactly reckless when it comes to  articles
— User:JzG, 09:55, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BLP (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)