Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karim bey Mehmandarov


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:07, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Karim bey Mehmandarov

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Azerbaijani doctor. Claim to notability appears to be that he founded a girls school. This is one of a set of pages about people of an extended family created by one editor, with an appearance of personal knowledge. – Fayenatic  L ondon 23:33, 7 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep The proposal for deletion is apparently written by someone with no knowledge of history of (tzar) Russia or Azerbaijan, with many wrong conclusions in the couple of sentences over. I would suggest study the articles in other languages that point to sources about him, and amongst others, to the archive materials in the Russian State Military Historical Archive (references to ЦГВИА or ВИА). State archives of both Azerbaijan and Russia are full of information about this person, and there has been written studies, Ph.D. research in Academy of Sciences, and articles on that topic. Also, as you can see, the person has received numerous awards/orders. What else is needed to satisfy the notability requirements? Science.nauka (talk) 13:31, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: I made the nomination in response to your edit summary ([1] above) where you stated that adding the founding of the school, and being part of the leadership of a local educational society, were grounds for notability. They are not sufficient for WP:BIO. I do not know whether the awards (2nd, 3rd and 4th class) - mentioned only in the infobox, not yet in the article itself - confer notability. – Fayenatic  L ondon 17:41, 8 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep The article contains a reference (translation), mentioning his multiple awards: Order of Saint Stanislaus (Imperial House of Romanov), Order of St. Anna 3rd and 2nd Class and the Order of St. Vladimir 4th Class. Brandmeistertalk  13:33, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
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 * Strong keep. Per above Science.nauka and Brandmeister. --► Cekli 829  17:04, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep --Sultan11 (talk) 23:55, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
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