Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darko Gavrovski


 * 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   delete. Shereth 17:08, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Darko Gavrovski

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BLP of a non-notable (amateur?) "famous" historian, sole claim to notability is authorship of a self-published book on local history, which got him a few brief notices in regional media. No evidence of serious academic qualifications (beyond a claim of some unspecified level of university education) or of notable reviewed academic publishing achievements. Autobio. PROD was removed by subject's IP, who was elsewhere spamming their work to various articles and then used the existence of those self-inserted links as the prime arguments for his own notability  Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:09, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  15:50, 15 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Concur - delete unless much improved sourcing and evidence provided. There is no source for the claim this is a "famous" historian, no material or citations likely to suggest he is "famous" (except perhaps to some tiny-minority group), no evidence that the book is significant enough or has attracted enough note to merit an article, and articles whose "thrust" is to all intents and purposes about how he managed to get his book published do not inspire confidence either. he has one claimed "notable work" but that's a 2009 publication and (as above) no evidence to support the claim it is "notable". Notability of an individual implies some claim to historical note, and that credible sources have taken note of the individual, usually evidenced by significant third party coverage. None of that appears to exist here. FT2 (Talk 15:52, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Should we also remove the author's edits to related articles?--Sandor Clegane (talk) 17:47, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete appears to be autobiography, probably with a view to being an WP:ADVERT for his book. I expect the book exists, but doubt that it is particularly notable.  Peterkingiron (talk) 23:43, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
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