Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Zeitlin


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The result was Speedy Delete (copyvio). Alexf(talk) 10:25, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Alexander Zeitlin

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Well written article (authored by a relative of the subject?) about an individual who has worked in a variety of places and been part of a number of groups and organizations. Unfortunately, there's nothing actually notable about any of it. Google search for the subect doesn't reveal any secondary source coverage about an engineer with this name (other than mirrors of Wikipedia). Singularity42 (talk) 19:46, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 00:03, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - no sourcing provided and none found in searching. There are articles mentioning "Alexander Zeitlin" but the material don't correspond to the information in this article in any away and are not the same person.  for example, he isn't a sculpto/artist. -- Whpq (talk) 17:10, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. There are many tech related GBook hits for "Alexander Zeitlin", however, I am not certain if they support a claim to notability. Location (talk) 17:14, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Reply - Indeed there are. But as I mentioned, the material does not match up with the biography we have here.  According to the wikiedpia article our Alexander Zeitlin was born in 1946 and graduated from college in 1966.  The google book search results for Alexander Zeitlin show material from 1964, 1962, 1965, 1951...  So unless what we have here is a Russion boy-genius, I doubt these are the same person. -- Whpq (talk) 17:36, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Good catch! Location (talk) 20:31, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep seems to be sufficient information; needs rewriting with proper sourcing.    DGG ( talk ) 23:31, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. The article is a copy of an obituary posted at a memorial website: http://www.alexzeitlin.com/Alexs_Obituary.html . As Whpq has pointed out, the sources in GBooks do not refer to this subject. Location (talk) 03:18, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I've tagged the article for Speedy Delete as a copyright violation. Singularity42 (talk) 03:34, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.