Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gennadiy Borisov


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 02:01, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Gennadiy Borisov

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Amateur astronomer known for discovering the comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov). WP:BLP1E applies. Perhaps one could merge some bits to the comet article.  Sandstein  16:22, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.   Sandstein   16:22, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Astronomy-related deletion discussions. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 16:37, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - He is notable because he has discovered 8 comets, the last one is a historic find that just begun to be analyzed. A merge into C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) would have to omit his other findings. Rowan Forest (talk) 17:19, 17 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep, seems to have accomplished something quite notable. Hyperbolick (talk) 17:45, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep — I disagree that WP:BLP1E applies:
 * 1) He has discovered 8 comets in total between 2013 and 2019. Terry Lovejoy, who has discovered 6 comets, has a Wikipedia article.
 * 2) In 2014, he received two Edgar Wilson Awards for two of his finds, C/2013 N4 and C/2013 V2 (the full list of awardees has been added to the article in May 2018). The only two people to have also received two Edgar Wilson Awards in one year are Michael B. Schwartz and Paulo R. Holvorcem, one of whom has a Wikipedia article.
 * 3) Another of Borisov's finds, C/2014 Q3, has had a Wikipedia article since November 2014.
 * 4) He was the only amateur astronomer to discover a comet in 2016. (Someone needs to find a list of comet discoverers to substantiate this factoid. Unfortunately, MPC does not have such a list, they only have a list of minor planet discoverers. The Edgar Wilson Award recipients page at CBAT has not been updated since 2015 for some reason.)
 * 5) And, of course, the discovery of C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), which is the second interstellar object to be found and the first one that can be studied in detail, as it's bigger, brighter, has a coma, and has been found earlier than ʻOumuamua.
 * There are less than 7000 comets known, most discovered by institutions, so adding articles on comet discoverers would not put an undue burden on Wikipedia. It's not the same situation as with the 541,128 minor planets discovered by 1020 astronomers and 235 institutions. There are probably less than 50 comet discoverers (but, again, this has to be substantiated). — UnladenSwallow (talk) 20:09, 17 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep Commentators were writing about him in 2013, such as here. That makes him notable for more than one event. Hallucegenia (talk) 20:15, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep as his finds are widely reported. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:38, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep: agree that an article about Gennadiy Borisov seems worthy - afaik, Borisov seems sufficiently notable according to WP:PERSON guidelines - hope this helps - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 21:24, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 11:08, 19 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep – Enough coverage per GNG. — JFG talk 15:50, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep – The only reason he is not a notable professional is that he does not get directly paid for his work. -- Kheider (talk) 03:41, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - As per the above. Renerpho (talk) 12:48, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep Quantanew (talk) 21:30, 22 September 2019 (UTC)


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