Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anya Verkhovskaya


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   keep or "nomination withdrawn", take your pick. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:18, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Anya Verkhovskaya

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This article is no more than a resume for Ms Verkhovskaya. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not the place to the post your resume or to promote one's achievements. The article might be reasonably well referenced, but it needs to be a lot more than a list of what interesting jobs she did and the dates on which she did them. Astronaut (talk) 15:57, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. Deletion rationale makes no sense whatsoever, article text appears to appropriately reflect subject's notable achievements. Any tone issues can be resolved by ordinary editing processes. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 16:17, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems like the article should pass notability. It just needs cleanup. Jason Quinn (talk) 16:48, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:35, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:BIO. Sourcing improved, and some biographical details have been added, so changing to Weak Keep Sourcing is weak, and it is a resumé with a very promotional tone rather than a biography, which would have sourced info about place and date of birth, education, and family. She somehow sprang into existence in 1994 and had a series of jobs since then. There is much name dropping: notability is not inherited from being employed in the production of a movie, or by association with Stephen Spielberg. Only the first 2 references amount to significant coverage in reliable and independent sources. Most sourcing is either press releases from the business, like a press release reprinted in "Thai Business Journal" or passing references, or refs about some film which she worked on which do not specifically mention her, or directory listings, or winner of some award given to dozens of recipients per year by The Christophers. Yet there is just enough meat there in the first two refs plus bits of info from the others to satisfy WP:BIO, after the improvements made to the article during the period it was up for AFD.Edison (talk) 20:25, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I was able to learn that the individual aparently was born and raised in the USSR and managed to flee from the then-existing country to the United States as a political refugee when a teenager. It follows and is reasonable to understand why sources addressing a Jewish teenager in the Soviet Union and her family background and education in that now-non-existant political entity will be quite difficult to obtain.  This also explains why the chronologicaly subsequent information available in the US toward her life and achievements is so much more readily accessible.
 * Toward the "name-dropping", her work with Steven Speilberg has now been set in context as part of her overall notability in it reflecting her work and activism in holocaust-related issues. Though one might hope that more is found about this individual's youth in the USSR, as being able to share her growing up as a Jew in an anti-semetic country and then managing to excape to the west would likely be quite helpful for Wikipedia readers in increasing their understanding of the subject, it is in what she has done as an adult that shows notability. In its now-improved state, it can be seen that the young woman has made a mark for herself.    Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 02:11, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per assertions of notability that meet WP:N and numerous available reliable sources toward expansion and improvement... both in the article and on line. Yes, indeed... the article appears to have been written by someone totally unfamiliar with WP:MOS, and is thus in need of a rewrite to address style issues... but those are surmountable issues and will just require a little work.  Heck... if no else does it I may be able to get to it myself tommorrow after work.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 04:54, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note Though still under work, article concerns are being addressed to create a properly encyclopedic article about this individual and her accomplishments.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 02:11, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Nominator's reasons are ridiculous. All notable people have their career achievements listed in their article.  Ample references in article already.   D r e a m Focus  03:43, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep for all the reasons listed above. Hers is a remarkable career, and references already make the grade. An editor willing to follow through and make this article realize its potential will have accomplished something quite worthwhile. Evalpor (talk) 17:02, 11 May 2010 (UTC)


 * In light of the the superb effort by to make the article properly encyclopedic, I think it is appropriate that I withdraw my nomination to delete this article.  Hopefully, this shows that it takes more than a list of notable achievements to make a biographical article encyclopedic.  Astronaut (talk) 23:59, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
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