Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christian Ignatius Borissow


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The result was delete. czar 03:09, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Christian Ignatius Borissow

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The sources are not convincing of notability. Boleyn (talk) 17:15, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete – seems to fail WP:BASIC/the GNG. My searches aren't finding any coverage that goes beyond trivial mentions, although I'm glad to reevaluate if better sourcing can be found. (If there's anything, it'll probably be under the name "C. I. Borissow", which seems to be more commonly used.) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:32, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. I think he passes WP:GNG, even if only by a small margin. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:13, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete -- He does not strike me as obviously notable. Peterkingiron (talk) 19:24, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment I'd argue for a WP:AUTHOR pass if the reprints of his books were due to publishers taking an explicit interest in them, which would indicate their historical significance. However, they appear to be your run-of-the-mill print-on-demand copies of public-domain books. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 15:55, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I think that's right, . Our article on Kessinger Publishing says explicitly that it's "an American print on demand publishing company", while our article on Nabu Press reports that "they see themselves less as publishers than as a software company". My guess would be that both the reprints and this article are the handiwork of an adoring descendant of Borissow. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 17:58, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  00:13, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak keep as per Necrothesp. Occasional mention in relevant scholarship: https://www.google.ca/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=%22c.i.+borissow%22 Sheijiashaojun (talk) 01:05, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Is there anything there that goes beyond single-sentence trivial mentions? If there is, I'm not seeing it. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:12, 15 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete, no WP:SIGCOV. – DarkGlow • 10:32, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete I'm a little reluctant to say so, because the article seems so out-of-the-way that it's hard to see harm in keeping it around, but I just haven't been able to find significant coverage in reliable sources, as the saying goes. If the reprints of his books were due to actual interest, then we could make a case for wiki-notability. However, they seem to be more on the "we'll make a print-on-demand copy of anything in the public domain" side of the publishing spectrum instead. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 20:37, 16 August 2021 (UTC)


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