Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oleg Babak


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The result was speedy keep. North America1000 05:13, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Oleg Babak

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The only sources of information seem to be official Soviet reports, which may be pure propaganda. However, I don't read Russian or Ukrainian, so I cannot be sure. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 18:42, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable as a recipient of his nation's highest level award, the title Hero of the Soviet Union, regardless of the amount of propaganda in these sources. The propaganda issue can be fixed by attributing the potentially controversial statements. Kges1901 (talk) 21:43, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Meets WP:SOLDIER(1). Even some English coverage of the Russian coverage - . Icewhiz (talk) 09:54, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, not that notable outside of Russia, but enough to pass. Kierzek (talk) 18:37, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep One of the last recipients of the award. Passes WP:SOLDIER. Ample sources.  Hawkeye7   (discuss)  22:18, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Withdraw. I didn't think of WP:SOLDIER.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 01:54, 16 February 2018 (UTC)


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