Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eino Leino Prize


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The result was Keep. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  03:17, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Eino Leino Prize

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Non-notable prize award, named after a Finnish author. Lack of coverage, no indication of notability and has only passing mentions. Many author bio notability claims are based only on this prize. — Za  wl  11:24, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
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 * Probable Keep: This needs expertise from one or more Finns, however: it's a national literary prize awarded by the Eino Leino society in association with the ?semi-governmental? Finnish Book Foundation; award is covered in Helsingin Sanomat, Turun Sanomat , and elsewhere; and the prize covers some areas that aren't covered by the Finlandia Prize (poetry, lyrics, translation, body of work...). Getting ahead of the implications that the nominator might be thinking of subsequently nominating a bunch of awardees: sourcing may be subpar, but a spot check suggests that -- ignoring the award of the Eino Leino prize -- most if not all of the authors meet WP:CREATIVE/WP:ANYBIO if WP:BEFORE is applied. ~Hydronium~Hydroxide~(Talk)~ 01:44, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment There are plenty of articles covering it being awarded, but almost none focusing on the prize itself. From a quick look at it I found one article, from 1994. Mr. Magoo (talk) 20:45, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - When you get a congratulatory call from the President for winning this award as legendary writer Olavi Paavolainen did from President Urho Kekkonen, then it's notable.--Oakshade (talk) 21:54, 7 October 2017 (UTC)


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