Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elena Skochilo


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The result was No consensus, default to Keep. WaltonOne 15:00, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Elena Skochilo

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Appears to be not notable per our standards. Spin-off AfD from Articles for deletion/Bektour Iskender. • Lawrence Cohen  21:05, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Weakish keep Certainly asserts enough notability (award-winning blog, widely cited in the mass-media etc), though sources to support this seem a bit thin. Really needs an impartial Russian speaker to look into the quality of the sources, as the author seems to have a hint of WP:COI, however I'd be inclined to give it the benefit of the doubt in the meantime - Wikipedia has enough systematic bias against non-western subjects as it is. Iain99Balderdash and piffle 22:31, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral Truly was a media event during the Tulip Revolution (there's a link to her blog from the article) and can be kept, but can be deleted as well. --ssr 05:54, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect salient info (ditch the chaff) to Tulip Revolution. Watchingthevitalsigns 12:59, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete IMO - NN Tiptopper 23:15, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge into Tulip Revolution. Not notable for EN WP, but possibly for a Kyrgyzstani WP (does one exist?).  --Sc straker 03:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * reply it does, at http://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Chris 03:04, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Does the article exist there? Can we redirect between wiki sites? Is notability on each unique? • Lawrence Cohen  04:23, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I can't render the Kyrgyz characters myself, but the name would be the same as in Russian Елена Скочило but that Kyrgyz WP is much smaller, maybe 2000 articles, so I doubt it exists there. As to notability, far as I understand, in terms of Wiki policy on systemic bias, if someone is notable enough to have an article in their native language, it extends to other Wikipedias. While I was trying to get a spelling on the last name in Cyrillic, I ran across this just by last name http://accidentalrussophile.blogspot.com/2006/02/shout-out-to-lena-skochilo.html, which might argue for some notability. Later these http://morrire.livejournal.com/ and http://www.turkishweekly.net/comments.php?id=855 The last name brings up dozens of hits for her, and only one other name, a university bomb suspect. Chris 04:52, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * ps-googling in Russian instead of English brings up http://www.photographer.ru/nonstop/author_about.htm?id=20713 and this article http://iwpr.net/?apc_state=pruvbca337903&l=uz&s=v&p=bca&o=337893 in Kazakh, which means she has at least mild renown in neighboring republics as well. That being said, I want to place a vote for keep, this is my old stomping ground and while I do not know her, those circumstances make her notable. Chris 05:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * What is the link to the policy that shows if a subject is notable in one Wiki they are notable for all? I would need to withdraw the nomination based on that. • Lawrence Cohen  13:09, 1 October 2007 (UTC)


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