Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gustáv Murín


 * 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The result was Keep - nomination withdrawn (non-admin closure). Whpq (talk) 00:16, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Gustáv Murín

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

Non-notable, fails WP:NWRITER. Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:28, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:33, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Slovakia-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:33, 13 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Welllll.... As the article notes, there's a Czech version of his page that's a lot longer; here is the Google translation. It does appear that he has a large body of work. WP:NWRITER is a very tough standard, but if he meets the WP:GNG I'd have to tend to think that he ought to be in, with that extensive a body of work. I can't exactly tell if he does meet the GNG.
 * On the one hand, the guy is apparently notable in Slovakia. On the other hand, that's equivilant to saying "this guy is notable in Bangor, Maine" or something, since Slovakia has fewer people (and less money also) than say Wisconsin, and additionally is not part of the Anglosphere, which, since this is the English Wikipedia, it'd be reasonable to hold that non-English-Language writers need a bit more notability to be covered here. On the other other hand, it is just harder for a Slovak to meet the WP:GNG in sources I can find and read online in English...


 * My inclination would be to keep the article since it provides a link to the Czech article which English speakers can Google-translate if they like, and this would be a better experience for the reader searching on his name than just getting basically a 404 Not Found. Herostratus (talk) 10:08, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Maybe it should just be replaced by a redirect or softlink to the Czech wiki article? (I don't know if this is actually possible.) Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:50, 16 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep cannot see any grounds for the assertion that is not a notable writer. President of the Slovak PEN is notable also. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:05, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for adding that and some references. Beyond My Ken (talk) 13:09, 17 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment from nominator - I'd like to withdraw this. In retrospect, I don't believe I did the proper WP:BEFORE due diligence. Beyond My Ken (talk) 13:12, 17 September 2019 (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.