Talk:Jan Nepomuk Kubíček

I don't see the reason why this article is a candidate for deletion. I've just added a few references in both Portuguese and Czech. One of the references is the website of the Czech General Consulate in Brazil. Another reference was taken from a written lecture by a PhD professor in a respectable Czech university - Hansch 21:25, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

The man's grandson is notable, why is he himself notable? Doesn't really seem like it to me. howcheng {chat} 23:46, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Patriarch of a notable family sounds notable to me. File a regular AfD if you're still unsure. --Haemo 03:58, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I didn't tag it; I was processing the speedies and decided to give the author a chance to explain it, which s/he has done to my satisfaction. The article needs to be expanded more to make Kubicek's significance clearer, though. howcheng {chat} 06:09, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

• Jan Kubíček was a poor man who left his homeland and emmigrated to a far away country. Despite his humble origin he managed to bring up a family able to supply the needs of a boy who years later would become a renowned statesman.

• Jan was himself a skilful handicraftsman^[1] of whom his great-grandson was proud (read any of his biographies). As Juscelino's father died quite young, his mother, a schoolteacher often referred as a strong woman (thanks of course to her own background), played an important role in bringing him up.^[2]

• In his memories, Juscelino wrote about his trip to Europe in 1930: "In Czechoslovakia I would like to stay a little longer, above all for sentimental reasons, because Czechoslovakia is the homeland of my ancestors" ^[3]

• Anyway, Juscelino was not the first successful Kubitschek. One of the sons of Jan Kubíček (Juscelino's uncle), João Nepomuceno Kubitschek, was a Brazilian senator and vice governor for the state of Minas Gerais.^[4]

• More than one century after Jan's death, both Brazilians and Czechs (the ones who know his story) are still proud of him. For example, in March 2006 when the Czech prime-minister (Jiri Paroubek) visited Brazil, the Brazilian president (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva) started his speech by evoking Jan Kubíček's memory and life.^[5]

On the other hand, there are 1268 people in the Wikipedia article Line of succession to the British Throne (and dozens of people who were "skipped" from the list). I really found that article interesting, but what are all these people themselves "notable" for?

If Jan Kubíček is not suitable to the Wikipedia standards, I'd say that Wikipedia needs to improve its standards.

Have a nice time - Hansch 05:18, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

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