Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martiros Kavoukjian


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The result was   keep. -- Cirt (talk) 09:10, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Martiros Kavoukjian

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Could be a langage Bias here but i can find no english sources that explicitly mention him nor any more than a handul of citations for his work. Seems Non-notable The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 05:14, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep On the contrary, the subject seems quite notable per the reliable sources provided in the article. He was apparently a subject in the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. Just because we may not know him doesn't mean he isn't notable. The country of Armenia clearly thinks that he is notable. I think this article has a fair amount of potential, and I find no valid reason to delete this article. Vodello (talk) 07:09, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: He clearly seems to meet WP:AUTH, from the given references. That they aren't in English makes no difference and discounting Kavoukjian on that account seems like systemic bias to me. That said, I can't read the references either, so I don't know if they really support the article (so if an Armenian speaker discounts them, I'll accept that). Also, the article makes a big point of the citations, which seems to be to justify the subject under WP:AUTH; needs a rewrite in that area at least. -- BenTels (talk) 13:42, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Armenia-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:03, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
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 * Keep: I am an Armenian speaker and I can vouch for the authencity of the links provided. He is a well known figure within Armenian academia.  Also, he has at least one book which has been translated into French and English from the original Armenian.--Moosh88 (talk) 22:16, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
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