Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ministry of State Security (Russia)


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 02:32, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Ministry of State Security (Russia)

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News about the creation of this ministry originated from this Kommersant article (in Russian) dated 19 September 2016; the story was picked up and republished by Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Politico, etc. A month later a Russian official (Sergei Ivanov) denied that this ministry will ever be created. This is the most recent story I could find on the topic; given that it has been over a year since then, I suggest that the article and its fork Ministry for State Security (Russia) should be deleted as a non-notable hoax. eh bien mon prince (talk) 17:22, 5 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep - The citations at the article support this organization exists and is notable. The article should be kept in Wikipedia. IQ125 (talk) 19:18, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:51, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:51, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually no, they don't support the existence of this ministry, they just reported that maybe one will be created one day, all based on a single source from over a year ago, and even that has been denied. The article is literally about a debunked rumor, and not even a notable one.--eh bien mon prince (talk) 20:29, 5 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete weather this was a hoax or an actual plan that was then abandoned, it does not exist, never did exist, is not planned, and nothing about it merits an article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:15, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete it looks like just to be a rumor, which had no noticeable effects. A ntv (talk) 15:14, 12 December 2017 (UTC)


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