Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antonovych prize


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) &Alpha; Guy into Books &trade;  &sect; ( Message ) -  14:38, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Antonovych prize

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Nonnotable prize by nonnotable personal foundation. Ukrainian wikipedia artcile does not clarify notability.Staszek Lem (talk) 00:22, 29 August 2017 (UTC) Staszek Lem (talk) 00:22, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
 * As usual for such topics it's tricky. I'm inclined to agree, but then I find two sources that mention the prize and seem to indicate its importance (this and this). They're Google snippets and thus totally useless for article creation, but I have to go with weak keep here because this suggests that there may be more--just not in English, and not easily accessible. Sorry Staszek. Drmies (talk) 00:26, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ukraine-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 09:09, 29 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep a news archive search turned up ~a dozen article in The Ukrainian Weekly; I sourced the basic facts about the prize in the lede to one of these articles.E.M.Gregory (talk) 12:34, 29 August 2017 (UTC)'
 * Plus stuff like this: .E.M.Gregory (talk) 12:38, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I should expand on that last comment by saying that when notable people like Timothy D. Snyder turn up in person to accept an award, it validates the award in a way. As does the fact that they hand the winner a check for $10,000.  I'm not citing a guideline, just the info that made me take this article seriously enough to look for sources.E.M.Gregory (talk) 16:51, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Whether recipients up for their awards can be a pretty good dividing line to use, about awards. I recall AFDs about movie awards given by movie critic groups in North Carolina and other places, which are simply not in the same league as the Oscars, say, as exemplified by the fact that they just announced their awards, no world/national actors/directors/etc. showed up to receive them.  On that basis the movie critic group article was deleted, IIRC.  "It's not a real award if the recipients don't show up to receive them" could be a guideline to record somewhere. -- do  ncr  am  20:55, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep per Drmies and E.M.Gregory. -- do ncr  am  16:12, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
 * comment Whatever you say guys, but IMO the fact is it fails WP:GNG: in-depth coverage in independent sources. None of the links provided here qualify. I did my due diligence as well. Staszek Lem (talk) 00:25, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  J 947(c) (m) 18:33, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Although the award is not well-represented in the English-language media, this is one of the most important such awards for original literary works and research in Ukraine. The prize is frequently referred to as "the Ukrainian Nobel Prize" for the high standard it sets (see here: http://www.umoloda.kiev.ua/number/1029/116/37121/). The founding jury members were George G. Grabowicz of Harvard University (https://faculty.slavic.fas.harvard.edu/george-grabowicz), the prominent poet of the New York Group Bohdan Rubczak (see here: http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CR%5CU%5CRubchakBohdan.htm and here: http://sites.utoronto.ca/elul/Struk-mem/Rubchak-Works/), and one of the most prominent 20th cent. scholars of Ukrainian literature, language, and culture Yuri (George) Shevelov (see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shevelov). See here for more info on the Antonovych Foundation's activities in awarding the prize: https://zbruc.eu/node/57847. The prize is truly one of the most important institutions of supporting high-quality literary works and research in Ukrainian studies. To say that it's "non-notable" is an offense to the attempts of the Ukrainian society to rid itself of the shameful practices of Soviet totalitarianism in literature and in humanities. KEEP! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.42.20 (talk) 20:27, 7 September 2017 (UTC)


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