Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov


 * 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. If anyone ever wants to start 'List of absurd paid editing incidents', this may be the centrepiece. —Tom Morris (talk) 20:42, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov

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I'm nominating this on behalf of User:Eva basil, because she seems to be having difficulty finding the correct procedure. Eva created this article, apparently for the promise of payment, but has now decided that she doesn't want it here any more because she hasn't been paid. I think that the longevity of the article and its strong claims of notability (such as People's Artist of the Russian Federation) preclude deletion via WP:CSD, and some administrators have agreed. I'm not totally convinced of notability, so am creating this nomination, as that's clearly what Eva is trying to do. She has put a deletion tag on the Russian Wikipedia article but doesn't appear to have created the discussion at the appropriate place. I am, for the moment, neutral. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:35, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:32, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:32, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep. The official website of the Russian State Academy of Slavic Culture, where Zakharov is the director of the Institute of Dance, says he's a People's Artist of Russia, laureate of the State Prize of Russia and winner of the Prize of the Government of Moscow . I consider the website reliable, and it is possible to find out more about him: (Rossiyskaya Gazeta),  (regions.ru),  (kirovreg.ru) etc. In my opinion Zakharov is a notable public personality in Russia. Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 07:25, 17 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. Eva basil's sole grounds for nominating this article for deletion apparently are that she claims she did not receive payment that she claims she was promised, apparently for writing it. Zakharov is a People's Artist of Russia, which by itself raises him to notability, and this is merely one among a long list of awards and accomplishments down to the present. — Robert Greer (talk) 17:00, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. Bad-faith nomination (not on the part of Phil Bridger, of course, but by Eva basil): Wikipedia is not a debt collection agency. This raises questions about the creation of the article as well but it clearly documents its subject's notability. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:27, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
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