Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gennady Korotkevich (2nd nomination)


 * 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   keep. Article's subject is found to be notable, per the sources provided by Carrite. &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 01:27, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Gennady Korotkevich
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This article was deleted at AfD a year ago, then restored without discussion a month later based on two new but only marginally helpful sources. The subject is basically just as WP:Barely notable today as he was a year ago. Lacks reliable independent secondary sources discussing the subject in the depth we normally ask to establish notability as required by WP:GNG. Googling turns up nothing useful. This article should not have been restored without reopening the AfD for a fuller discussion. Msnicki (talk) 16:20, 12 February 2015 (UTC)


 * I do not know much about CFI, but I can say that whoever is into competitive programming they know about him.--Dixtosa (talk) 17:03, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
 * He is very well-known in the competitive programming community. And he won all major international competitions last year. He is very noteworthy in that respect. Anyone who is new to competitive programming would find this article useful. Millzyman92 (talk) 1:49, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Belarus-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:53, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:54, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:54, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2015 February 12.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 23:00, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Sam Sing! 19:43, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: You don't pass the GNG through claims that "everyone in the field knows this guy." You do it through significant coverage in multiple reliable sources.  I'm seeing blogs and obscure competition webpages for cites.  Where are the reliable sources?  Nha Trang  Allons! 19:37, 20 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep - Notability established by, and more. ~KvnG 05:18, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: Wired is a good source, and that content's just barely enough.  But the second source is a fleeting mention of a couple sentences of the sort WP:ROUTINE debars.  Got anything substantive?  Nha Trang  Allons! 20:26, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Weak keep This kid (no longer a kid) is clearly at the top of his field, and it's a field that doesn't get much coverage in the mainstream press. The Wired article confirms his status as the guy to beat at this kind of competition. All the other coverage about him is from blogs and such - not things that Wikipedia recognizes as Reliable Sources. I can well believe there is more material available in Belarusian or Russian. I'm inclined to AGF. --MelanieN (talk) 23:06, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 06:40, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - I don't find the previous deletion debate (2014) at all compelling, lacking participation. There is a piece on Генадзь Караткевіч in the Belorussian WP, for what it is worth. I am finding, however, THIS very extensive article from Zviazda "Gennady Karatkevich played "in the dark" ... and won the 'Yandex' 300 thousand rubles," which details Karatkevich's success in one competitive programming competition. Here is ANOTHER article from Belapan entitled "Byelorussian Gennady Karatkevich Wins the Yandex.Algorithm International Programming Championship." This seems to be a recognized leader and expert in a sport I have never even heard of before today. Carrite (talk) 15:25, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Lest you think this is BLP-1E, it is not. HERE is another piece on Генадзь Караткевіч from Novy chas (New Times) on his $15,000 win at the Google Code Jam. Carrite (talk) 15:29, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Unless it can be shown that the subject himself spells his name the way the article is listed, I would suggest an article move to Genadz Karatkevich, which I believe is correct transliteration of his name, rather than the Russified version we now are showing. Carrite (talk) 15:33, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Please note that this is a straight GNG pass as being a subject which is substantially covered in multiple independently published pieces of coverage in presumably reliable sources — not a special Sports notability pass for a new sport. Carrite (talk) 15:41, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ONE MORE article from Belorussia for good measure, on Karatkevich going to school in St. Petersburg. He seems to be a National Geek Hero. Carrite (talk) 15:46, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.