Talk:Rafael Palacios (priest)

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I am removing the notability notice for Father Rafael Palacios until the rationale for non-notability is explained. After all, the onus should be on the parties proposing that the entry be removed. Since I am removing the notability notice, it is appropriate to explain why I feel that the notice cannot be justified. First, I question the arbitrariness or otherwise questionable motive for posting the notice. Is the notice based on the fact that Father Palacios is a not an American or widely known in the U.S.? That cannot be a proper basis, because Wikipedia is international in scope. Is the notice based on the fact that Father Palacios is most important to a small, third world, non-White country? Clearly a racist, anti-Catholic, or even ethno-centric, motive would not be an appropriate basis for posting the notice. Is the notice based on the fact that Father Palacios was not a public official or politician? Father Palacios was an activist, and is now viewed as a martyr and folk hero, much like Bobby Sands, and if the European folk hero Sands is "notable" (and this writer believes that he certainly is), then Father Palacios must be held to a similar standard and thus be held in the same regard.

On the affirmative case for deeming Father Palacios to be notable, I point to the fact that Father Palacios continues to be highly regarded throughtout Latin America. National Catholic Reporter featured the Rafael Palacios Base Community in one of its stories. There are Rafael Palacios Centers, and avenues, and murals throughout El Salvador. The 25th anniversary of his assassination was listed among the "Major Martyrdom Anniversaries of 2004." These elements, in addition to the widespread noteriety of Palacios's murder in El Salvador and at an international level fulfill the notability requirements in Wikipedia's guidance on that subject and therefore the notability notice posted for Father Palacios in April 2007 will be removed, with an instruction that it not be reinstated without a showing that overcomes the arguments stated herein.

Rafael Palacios http://www.servicioskoinonia.org/martirologio/galeria.php?codigo=194

Rafael Palacios Base Community http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2004d/111204/111204m.php

Rafael Palacios Center of Formation and Orientation http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=22492

Padre Rafael Palacios, un referente para las comunidades campesinas http://www.diariocolatino.com/nacionales/detalles.asp?NewsID=4581

Mural http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jdonaghy/SUCHITOTOjd.html

Avenida Rafael Palacios http://www.tutelalegal.org/paginas/prensa.htm

Aniversarios martiriales mayores de 2004 http://latinoamericana.org/2004/textos/castellano/Aniversarios.htm

Carlos_X 22:44, 26 April 2007 (UTC)