Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emblem of the Donetsk People's Republic


 * 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. ✗ plicit  07:18, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

Emblem of the Donetsk People's Republic

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Reviewed during new page patrol. I pondered this one for a while and did my best to make a good decision which is to AFD and let a broader group decide. This is the emblem of what (only) Russia considers to be a non-Ukraine republic inside of Ukraine. Of the four sources, the first is the Russian government or government controlled news agency Tass, the other also a Russian source. The third and fourth are criticism of (merely) sidebar items. From a wp:notability standpoint, there are no independent sources covering it as such, as the emblem of a republic. From an NPOV standpoint, the title (via an implied premise) is statement that the republic exists. From another Wikipedia standpoint, the article is an attempt to establish the same neologism. North8000 (talk) 20:05, 7 June 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 22:00, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete. I agree with the nom, this article (or the Russian article it was translated from) is a transparent attempt to endow legitimacy on an entity that only Russia recognises and was created with naked aggression by them.  Its very title fails WP:NPOV. SpinningSpark 17:23, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. This emblem should be used (and it is used) on other pages, but it is not notable by itself as a symbol of not existing unrecognized state. My very best wishes (talk) 02:51, 19 June 2022 (UTC)


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