Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dmitry Smirnov (entrepreneur)


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The result was keep. joe deckertalk 01:08, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

Dmitry Smirnov (entrepreneur)

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Position as politician in Soviet times may establish notability, however sources presented are weak. Lack of independent sources for most claims in the biography, awards and charity sections. List of links not sufficient to verify any claims. Also, username of creator indicates autobiography. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 16:30, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Deputy in the Supreme Societ is a member of a national legislature and is unquestionably notable. Other problems can be dealt with by editing.  DGG ( talk ) 18:06, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Agree on notability. However without reliable sources about this fact, wouldn't we be in WP:USI / WP:QS territory? pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 19:04, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep. In Russian WP his name appears in the list of Supreme Soviet members which is a historical fact. This article is actually a translation into English. I checked other personalities on the list and it's same story with them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.152.9.145 (talk) 20:43, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The russian WP article was created on the same day, edited by the same authors and (as of this moment) is unreviewed over there. The source seems like a person's home made site on a hosting service. No indication of where this info is sourced. Verifiability is very limited. I believe under normal circumstances, this kind of source would not hold up to substantiate claims. pseudonym Jake Brockman talk 21:38, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   21:29, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   21:30, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Self-promotion with the usual problems. Delete per the reasoning in this essay; the sources can not be assumed to have been picked with the proper weight and they are dubious as well.Burning Pillar (talk) 22:49, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * You mean the essay you wrote? Stop with the shameless promotion of your vanity essay. At this point, I'm convinced you're a troll. Smartyllama (talk) 13:41, 22 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment I am not finding any reliable sources that confirm that the subject was a member of the Supreme Soviet. Keep if reliable sourcing of service is found. --Enos733 (talk) 05:19, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - most definitely was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet. see 1990 article, Directory - he's on page 37. Deletion is not cleanup. Don't nominate Russian articles for deletion if you are unable to do basic search.  —Мандичка YO 😜 12:15, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Clearly notable per all of the above. Contrary to 's assertion based on his self-promoted essay, AFD is not cleanup. Smartyllama (talk) 13:41, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Keep: Sufficient evidence of notability. --Guy Macon (talk) 15:17, 25 May 2017 (UTC)


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