Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vasily Arkhipov


 * 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 delete though honestly there was no reason to bring this to AfD. A talk page discussion to determine the primary topic and db-move would have sufficed. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 10:36, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Vasily Arkhipov

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Quite a useless disambiguation page. The vice admiral is clearly the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC based on pageviews and notability. Hatnotes, such as For the Soviet general twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, see Vasily Arkhipov (general). should replace the disambig page. Destroyer (Alternate account) 00:22, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
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 * Vasily Arkhipov and Vasili Arkhipov are merely different romanizations of the same name in Russian. Their names are both Василий Архипов. Their names are pronounced the same. Having different disambiguation pages for different romanizations of the same Russian name is not done here. Russian names can be romanized in various different ways, and the any use of the same Russian name should have a disambiguation page. This is a stupid deletion nomination.--PlanespotterA320 (talk) 00:38, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep and close - I'm not sure about "stupid"; it's probably just a misunderstanding. Best to just close this and move on.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 02:42, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep: A disambiguation page is evidently merited here.  Java Hurricane  05:02, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Based on the developments after my comment, I support moving the vice admiral's page here and moving this page to Vasily Arkhipov (disambiguation).  Java Hurricane  16:46, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Further correction: given that ONEOTHER recommends against having a disambiguation for this case, I support a deletion of the disambiguation and moving of the vice admiral's page to this title.  Java Hurricane  02:26, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete and replace with hatnotes as we normally do when there are only two ambiguous topics, per WP:ONEOTHER. Mccapra (talk) 05:46, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I disagree. WP:ONEOTHER applies when we have a primary topic; at the moment, there is no primary topic here. Thus, the applicable part of WP:DISAMBIG would be WP:NOPRIMARY, which recommends the current system: a disambig at the base name and the two topics linked from there.  Java Hurricane  06:54, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I'd say that going by |Vasily_Arkhipov_(vice_admiral)|Vasily_Arkhipov_(general) pageviews, the vice admiral known from the Cuban Missile Crisis is obviously the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. TompaDompa (talk) 12:05, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 08:47, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 08:47, 16 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Vasily Arkhipov (vice admiral) per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The vice admiral is clearly the primary topic here by usage, accounting for 433,000 views against 13,000 views for the DAB page and general combined. There are already hatnotes on both articles that serve as sufficient DAB per WP:ONEOTHER. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 16:14, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete the disambiguation page and move Vasily Arkhipov (vice admiral) to this title. WP:ONEOTHER applies, and the vice admiral is clearly the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC here. Hatnotes are already present at both Vasily Arkhipov (vice admiral) and Vasily Arkhipov (general). Redirecting this title to Vasily Arkhipov (vice admiral) would just complicate things needlessly (though I suppose it would be better than keeping the disambiguation page). Of the three redirects to this title, Vasily Arkhipov (disambiguation) should be deleted whereas Vasiliy Arkhipov and Vasili Arkhipov should point to the article on the vice admiral, which would mean that they would keep redirecting to the current title if my suggestion is implemented. TompaDompa (talk) 02:56, 17 September 2021 (UTC)


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