Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sergei Aleksandrovich Zhukov


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The result was   delete. Spartaz Humbug! 11:22, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Sergei Aleksandrovich Zhukov

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Unreferenced BLP of a Russian cosmonaut over 50 years old who has never made a space flight. Durova 318 20:22, 13 September 2009 (UTC)


 * weak delete There are a few sources out there. There's one listed as an external link - http://spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/zhukov_sergei.htm but it doesn't look that much of a reliable source. I can't find enough in the way of English sources to justify retention as it currently stands. To my mind, there's a strong presumption of notability to astronauts/cosmonauts etc. If someone can find sources (possibly Russian sources?) so that we can reasonably source more than existence as a cosmonaut I may change my mind. JoshuaZ (talk) 20:29, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Being an Astronaut sounds notable to me. Can we get a russian editor to take a look at this? Omegastar (talk) 22:06, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * An astronaut who never actually went into space? Durova  318 22:36, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Yes, he's never flown, but there are a significant number of Google news and Google scholar articles about him. President of the Moscow Space Club, director of the Centre of Technology Transfer, a nuclear physicist and a reporter. He might squeak by notability even if he hadn't been selected as a cosmonaut. Pburka (talk) 00:06, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  22:53, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Weak Delete. Since he has not yet travelled to space, he can't really be considered a cosmonaut, can he? I don't think he's notable enough to have an article.--Karljoos (talk) 22:41, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Being a cosmonaut not intrinsically notable, doubly so if never made space flight. No coverage → not notable. Bongo  matic  01:56, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
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