Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Dmitry Galkovsky

Keep: Dmitry Galkovsky is a writer and considered by many to be the only living Russian classic for his "Beskonechy Tupik" ("Endless Impasse", http://www.samisdat.com/3/311-000.htm) book, 3rd edition of which was released in the end of 2007. Also 2 books of his essays, articles, interviews etc, "Propaganda" and "Magnit" (Magnet), and anthology of soviet poetry "Utkorech" (Duckspeak), were published (http://galkovsky.com/default.asp?view=bibl&cat1=bibl_book&fold=0010011000), and many of his short stories ("Svyatochnye Rasskazy" and "Skazky Druga Utyat" series) were published in online and offline media (e.g. http://magazines.russ.ru/novyi_mi/2004/3/g6.html, http://exlibris.ng.ru/kids/2004-04-15/8_skazka.html etc.)

But Dmitry Galkovsky is most notable as a journalist: apart from his own blog where he published almost 500 entries, most of which amount to a full article (unlike a typical blog entry), and attract hundreds of commentaries and start many substantive discussions on essential topics of Russian and international life, his works were published in magazines and newspapers Novy Mir (New World), Russkaya Zhizn'(Russian Life, http://www.rulife.ru/index.php?mode=author&auID=20), Nezavisimaya Gazeta (Independent Newspaper), online newspaper Vzglyad (Look) (http://vz.ru/columns/2005/7/26/2344.html etc.); he had also published his own magazine Razbity Kompas (Broken Compass).

Deletion of an article about such a well-known and influential, even though not "officially", person as Dmitry Galkovsky will not undermine his position, but rather Wikipedia's as a source of impartial and complete information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asolver (talk • contribs) 09:32, 18 September 2008 (UTC)