Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vladimir Vasilyev (writer)


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The result was   keep. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:44, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Vladimir Vasilyev (writer)

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From the article: "a internet-based Russian science fiction writer who specializes primarily in fan fiction". Only published work mentioned is print-on-demand by a non-notable independent company. Article doesn't point out any reason he should otherwise be notable. Remurmur (talk) 10:22, 30 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. ellol (talk) 15:13, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * No, it's he is certainly not a fan fiction "writer". He is a normal science fiction writer. One of his books (Day watch) co-authored with Sergey Lukyanenko was published in English translation in U.S./U.K.
 * I am not sure why the note about "fan fiction" has ever appeared, but it's wrong.
 * "Internet-based" is also certainly a false statement. With the number of published books numbering at least hundreds thousands, it's certainly wrong.
 * The article is a mess, though, and cleaning it up would certainly not harm it. ellol (talk) 15:34, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed some offending stuff.Borock (talk) 05:27, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The article is a mess, though, and cleaning it up would certainly not harm it. ellol (talk) 15:34, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed some offending stuff.Borock (talk) 05:27, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed some offending stuff.Borock (talk) 05:27, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:26, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:26, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Ellol. His books look quite notable, with a $32 million movie based on one of them. Gruntler (talk) 00:49, 7 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Seems to be notable. We should trust the Russian sources, unless proven differently.Borock (talk) 01:53, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
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