Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Varvara P. Mey


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The result was   keep. Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 04:16, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Varvara P. Mey

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I found no notability and her book appears to be non-notable also. SL93 (talk) 23:32, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, B  music  ian  03:35, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

 Comment The Russian Wikipedia article is far fuller and, even if (judging by Google Translate) it is not all that good, it does seems to cite a couple of potentially reliable sources. And assuming (as in fact I do) that the Russian article is not a tissue of lies, she was a leading member of the Kirov Ballet (though possibly more as a teacher than a ballerina) for several decades during the Soviet period. I would expect her to be notable. And searching for her name in Russian does produce a few GBooks and GNews hits - though, to be honest, I'd expect rather more if we could get hold of Russian sources from thirty or forty years ago. However, most of these are probably not online. PWilkinson (talk) 21:06, 20 February 2012 (UTC) 
 * Very Weak Keep, based solely on the fact that I can't really parse the Russian Wiki article or its sources, and I don't really trust Google Translate. Note also that their Notability requirements may differ from our own in subtle ways. That said, though, being a long-time leading member of a high profile ballet would seem to indicate notability. Contemporary sources may be a problem, as PWilkinson notes, but I think it's likely that the subject is notable under our rules. Maybe someone from Ru.Wiki could pinch hit and help get us going here? UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 13:38, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep. The Planet of Dance encyclopedia entry describes her as an "outstanding teacher of classical dance" (выдающийся педагог классического танца). There are lots of copies of her book Alphabet of Classical Dance available both new and used on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk (actually now one less...) which suggests that it still relevant to an international readership. If we keep the article I can add that quote, tidy up the referencing a bit (the cqout ref is to an expired auction item so can be removed) and see if there is further relevant information in the book when I get it. --Mirokado (talk) 23:53, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
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