Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boris Orlov

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The result was Speedy delete. Blanked by author, removing hoax stuff leaves no assertion of notability, etc. Waste of everyone's time. —Wknight94 (talk) 02:10, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Boris Orlov

Possible Hoax article. Unreferenced claims to subject being a billionaire (worth $3,2 billion), but no ghits, which is surprising for a billonaire. Also adding another related article. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:27, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages because for the same reason. No references, barring a MySpace profile

N Speedy Delete No verification in any sources, and a cursory search of Forbes website provided zero results using his name. Definite possible hoax. VanTucky ^(talk) 00:35, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete possible hoax. Oyster guitarist 00:44, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
~~Neutral~~ until I finish looking through the hits in Russian. The guy definitely exists and is connected to Lukoil, though he seems to be working for Rosneft now [1]. No idea whether he's a billionaire, hard to search for sources since there's apparently an author and an artist by the same name and my Russian is crap ... cab 00:49, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Speedy delete Boris Orlov by author request [2] (WP:CSD#G7). Standard delete Svetlana Orlova as she only has 16 trivial Russian GHits, none of which support her article [3]. cab 01:17, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment Yup, I found a Svetlana Orlova before I came to AFD, that seems to be the Vice-Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia, but a different person I'm sure, as I remain confident that a 22 year old wouldn't have got to that position. :O) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 01:29, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Russia-related deletions. cab 00:49, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It may be that the guy actually exists, but we'd still need to try and dredge up adequate coverage. Unless he was the CEO or founder of Lukoil, being a simple business executive of a corporation doesn't automatically lend notability, according to the policy. VanTucky ^(talk) 00:52, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note There is a Boris Orlov that was connected with Gazprom, but the article is very specific about the biography, and I can't find a link to Lukoil. And the Forbes rich-list assertion doesn't pan out. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 00:59, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete per {{db-author}}, page has been blanked. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps)))} 01:28, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete, fails WP:BIO, no claims of notability. Corvus cornix 02:07, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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