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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 08:47, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Leanid Marakou (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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Non-notable. Tagged 3 years ago. Epeefleche (talk) 06:32, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Belarus-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:38, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:38, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Marakou himself suggests search for "Леанід Маракоў" and "Леонид Моряков".

That finds LІTARATURNAYA BELARUS, guess the language, and many other documents. Searching in English, found:

• document 11459-4.pdf Pazniak Marakou Winners Francishak Alakhnovich Prize (search for this string)
• VIASNA human rights center 27 July 2007
• Charter97.org
• Podcast
• BelarusDigest blog, could be useful for info
• Keep If we think that Charter97 and the Prize establish Notability then we should keep. Chiswick Chap (talk) 23:39, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:56, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep - This seems to be pulled from the Russian Wikipedia. It's poorly sourced there as well. That said, a simple Google search for the exact phrase "Леонид Моряков" returns over 17,000 results, which is a metric that doesn't impress some people at AfD. Regardless, one can no doubt carve a few reliable sources snowcones from an iceberg that big. Fairly obviously a leading scholar in the field of victims of state terror during the Stalin Period. "Leanid Marakou" is an abysmal transliteration of "Леонид Моряков," it should be Leonid Moriakov (LoC system) or Leonid Moryakov (British/Wikipedia system). Start looking there. Definitely sufficient sources out there, an important scholar, by all indications. Carrite (talk) 01:21, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here's THE RUSSIAN WP ARTICLE, by the way... Carrite (talk) 01:23, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, and rename - it's clear there is a depth of reliable sources. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:27, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. The subject's name is "Леанід Маракоў", of which "Leanid Marakou" is an accurate transliteration. "Leonid Moriakov" or "Leonid Moryakov" would be a transliteration of a translation of his name. Phil Bridger (talk) 08:42, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Bryce (talk | contribs) 08:18, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep – Fix the problem pertains here, rather than deletion, per the research above undertaken by Wikipedia editors. This nomination is very generic, and as such, doesn't state why the topic is perceived by the nominator as "Non-notable". An ambiguous nomination that appears to be based upon a tag in an article, unless I am mistaken, and the nominator actually followed procedure per WP:BEFORE in good faith to check for sources before nominating this article for deletion. Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:57, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I did such a search. Zero gnews hits. Zero rs gbooks hits. Did not see substantial rs coverage ... and it is very rare to not see even non-rs gnews coverage of notable articles.--Epeefleche (talk) 18:13, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The subject gets 48 hits from Google News. Even if you don't read Cyrillic, the Belarusian and Russian spellings of the name were available in the article to enable that to be checked. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:27, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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