Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fyodor Dmitriev

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The result was delete. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:40, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fyodor Dmitriev[edit]

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Fails WP:BIO. Before search, including Google.ru, Gbooks in Russian, and Wikipedia.ru returned a Russian site on bells and bellmakers (which isn't even a qualified source and might be uncredible), but he only had a mention (name, son of, dates), nothing significant. Aurornisxui (talk) 16:18, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DELETE. This article, which has lacked any sources whatsoever since 2006, certainly seems like it could be a hoax, as no mention of this "Fyodor Dmitriev" can seemingly be found on the internet outside of this article. There are several mentions of a certain "Fedor Dmitriev"-- but that is referring to a Russian professional basketball player who still plays today. Additionally, I couldn't really find anything of note about Alexander Grigoriev, "Dmitriev" 's supposed mentor. However, even if it isn't actually a completely made-up hoax, it essentially lacks any verifiability whatsoever and is certainly deserving of deletion at any rate. 68.5.231.50 (talk) 00:02, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Furthermore, the possibility that "Dmitriev" is in fact fictional (i.e. an outright hoax) is made to seem like a greater possibility considering that even the article's creator himself/herself acknowledged (suspiciously) that "[n]one of his bells were found or identified to this day", making this man's existence at least slightly likely to have been invented. 68.5.231.50 (talk) 00:16, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:28, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:12, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. The subject is probably not notable, but this is not a hoax. Phil Bridger (talk) 13:33, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 16:16, 7 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Can't find sufficient sources to show notability. No attempt made by the article to do so either. Britishfinance (talk) 23:24, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.