Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maria Filotti
This AfD nomination is a perfect example of why we have a procedure that is supposed to be followed '''before''' nominating an article for deletion.  This simple procedure can be found at  Point #4.  It reads, "Before nominating due to sourcing or notability concerns, make a good-faith attempt to confirm that such sources don't exist."  I had never heard of Maria Filotti before running across this AfD.  I entered her name into Google Books, and 30 seconds later, I knew for sure that she was notable.  Just take a look at the mentions in the very first book that comes up: http://books.google.com/books?id=tZ84AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Maria+Filotti%22&dq=%22Maria+Filotti%22&hl=en&ei=i551TYSaF4O2sAOc8JzTBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA An Abridged history of Romanian theatre, by Simion Alterescu which describes her as among the "prestigious actors of the great realistic school" and called her the "directress" of a theater "that made an important contribution to transmitting the experience from one generation to the next."  If the nominator had done what I had done, then that editor could simply have added that source to the article, and several others readily available, and saved us all some time and trouble
— User:Cullen328, 03:26, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BEFORE (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion)