Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Otto Liiv


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) B  music  ian  01:53, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Otto Liiv

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Few sources exist to support an article. TFD (talk) 03:36, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Estonia-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:50, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:50, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
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 * Comment -- this might be an article where few sources exist on-line but with some effort one could find off-line sources. I don't intend to look myself, though.  Nomoskedasticity (talk) 15:54, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep -- Looks like a notable academci to me. Since he was Estonian and was last at work over 60 years ago, I am not surprised that sources are hard to find.  I do not think USSR encouraged reasearch and writign on prominent people in nations it forceably incorporated into itself.  Peterkingiron (talk) 20:33, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. There are enough sources for WP:V, there's a plausible case for WP:PROF as editor of what still seems to be the main Estonian history journal, and the postage stamp is strong evidence for general notability. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:31, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Very weak keep, mostly on procedural grounds. "Too few sources" is not a reason for deletion. Notability might be, though. -- Sander Säde 08:01, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. Head of a national archives is a sufficiently important position for notability. -- Necrothesp (talk) 19:34, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
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