Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nikola Šećeroski


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The result of the debate was speedy keep: withdrawn by nominator. Antandrus (talk) 03:18, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Nikola Šećeroski
Either nn bio or a hoax. 42 unique ghits, none of which are in English. Delete Makemi 17:59, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. He's for real, so much seems certain - I don't know any Serbocroatian, but this biography page seems to confirm pretty much the same things as the article says. "rođen je 1934. u selu Radožda, na obali Ohridskog jezera." = 'Born in 1934, in the village of Radožda, near Lake Ohrid'; "za predsednika Srbije kandidovao se 1990." = 'In 1990 he ran for Serbian president', etc. And if he ran for president, and got 12.236 votes (if I guess correctly what the page is saying), then he is hardly non-notable. Lack of English-language info is no ground for deletion. We can always ask Serbian Wikipedians (Category:User sr) to verify these sources for us. Lukas (T. 18:18, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment if this were true I would expect to find some mention in the AP archives, and I haven't. I wonder if this person has an anglicized name which is used in sources? As it is, references only in Serbocroation seem a lot like non-verifiable info to me. Makemi 19:01, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: Why? Is there anything inherent in the language that makes it less reliable than English? :-) Seriously, that seems a rather dangerous statement to me, and not at all compatible with Wikipedia policies against Anglo-Saxon bias. This guy seems to be an - admittedly minor - figure on the national political stage, probably regarded more as a clown than as a serious player. Why would foreign media want to report on him? I don't remember the 1990 elections, but probably foreign attention was then focussed on other things, wouldn't it? Lukas (T. 20:07, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep as per Lukas Jcuk 19:21, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. He is mentioned in UNMIK media archives as Sheceroski. So, there is source even in english. SamuelBrooks 21:16, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I Rescind my nomination, per new sources (Sorry, some of the quotes made me think it was a hoax). Admins please note.Makemi 23:15, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


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