Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oleg Serebrian


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was Keep. cholmes75 (chit chat) 06:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Oleg Serebrian
Reason in a nutshell: This is in all likelihood an astroturfing campaign that involves paid translations of author's autobiography.

Compare this article with the appearance and contents of this very piece on various European Wikipedias: de, pl, es, fr, hu, it, ro, ru. All these articles were created from a Molvadian IP address (195.138.119.133) that otherwise had little or no interest in contributing to Wikipedia.

The notability of this person is not clearly established; he was a local politician / ministry spokesperson, and a local scientist who, judging from the article, had published about five articles in various magazines and/or larger compilations, but has no own published books; this is perhaps more clear when you look at the references on pl.wiki. Although this is not mentioned in the article, he is the leader of Social Liberal Party (Moldova), but this party does not seem to have any notable accomplishments ("[...] in 2001 Oleg Serebrian released a manifest with the intention to found a social liberal party. This initiative was joined by the Christian-Democratic Women's League and the National Youth League of Moldova. In 2002 the Party of Democratic Forces merged into the party."; the members of the party had three seats in the parliament prior to forming this bloc).

This is our AfD vote on Polish Wikipedia. I'm just dropping by to share our findings. Regards. lcamtuf 15:34, 30 October 2006 (UTC) "Born in 1969, Oleg Serebrian is one of Moldova's youngest and most promising political leaders. He has a solid background in international affairs, with a degree in international relations from the European Institute of High International Studies in Nice, France, and post-graduate work done at Harvard, Edinburgh and Paris. In the late 1990's, he worked for his country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is also the author of several books on international affairs and foreign policy, the latest being "Dicţionar de geopolitică" (Geopolical Dictionary), a 340 page tome on international politics which has just been published simultaneously in Romania and Moldova." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.97.56.58 (talk • contribs)
 * Merge - The most notable aspect of the article (in my mind) is Serebrian's position as chairman. As such, I propose giving him a permanent home within the article about his party. - b o b b y  16:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, and recommend speedy keep. Under WP:BIO, "members of a national, state or provincial legislature" are strongly presumed notable enough: he is a member of a national legislature.  Questions about the article's neutrality or potential conflicts of interest by its creator are probably addressed best in the article's own talk page.  - Smerdis of Tlön 16:51, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: OK, if that turns out to be the consensus here, I won't make a fuss. The article did not explicitly say he is a member of the parliament, and the question of verifiability / POV in a potential autobio remains - but if he's notable enough for en.wiki, there are other ways to take care of this. --lcamtuf 17:39, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: I edited the article to make it somewhat clearer that he was in fact a Moldovan MP, and found an English language site confirming that. Some Romanian language sites also seemed to confirm it, but I don't really read Romanian.  Other English language sites called him a "deputy", which is an ambiguous title in American English.  It does seem that he is both an MP and the leader of his party's faction in parliament, which makes him a significant enough figure to pass IMO. -Smerdis of Tlön 19:51, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Member of a national legislature, thus notable under WP:BIO. -- Necrothesp 01:00, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Links: Serebrian is a MP and leader of SLP faction. He is also author of several books (not only articles). This is an information from Tiraspol Times http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/node/149
 *  AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.  Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Krakatoa  Katie  13:59, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 18:31, 6 November 2006 (UTC)


 * keep badly written articles are no reason for deletion. The SUBJECT of the article is a member of a national parliament.  Ergo, he is notable.  Ergo, keep the article.  A rewrite is needed, not a deletion.  --Jayron 32  06:15, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Jayron. Meets WP:BIO despite origins of article. --Dhartung | Talk 09:40, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.