Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Semen Hitler

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. czar 05:16, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semen Hitler

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I don't think having a strange name is a good enough reason for a WIkipedia article. It doesn't help that the main source states that his first name is "Semyon", not "Semen" so I question the total accuracy of this article. There are some copyright issues with this piece, too. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:33, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:33, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tracing back mentions of this individual, I found that an article on him has already been deleted before under his actual name via Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Semyon Hitler. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:38, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Per nominator and per the previous deletion discussion. Best, GPL93 (talk) 02:45, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, lacks SIGCOV in multiple RS to meet WP:GNG. Creator's account has been blocked FWIW. Mztourist (talk) 04:03, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom - not notable, and the claim of "unusual name" is at best dubious going on the sources. firefly ( t · c ) 11:25, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. The biggest concern is the copyright issues, which when severe could allow an article to be db'ed. --littleb2009 (^she/_her) (talk • contribs) 19:17, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the confusion over Semyon/Semen is over the translitation of Russian and Ukrainian. "Semyon" is the transliteration of the Russian "Семён". The same name in Ukrainian - "Семен" - transliterated into English is Semen. No error or attempt to deceive, just a question of which language you make the root to transliterate from. Given he was from the Ukrainian SSR, using Ukrainian is not unreasonable. "Гитлер" would transliterate differently incidentally. If we used the Russian version, he would be "Semyon Gitler". The previous article title of "Semyon Hitler" is a nonsense mishmash from two languages. Spokoyni (talk) 23:06, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like this was primary source used for the article and they translated it as Semyon Hitler. So, there were questionable sources as well. One of the reasons the page creator was blocked was his editing focus on penises was seen as trolling so I assumed he came up with "Semen" on his own. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:04, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – Hot take: this article's highly "unusual name" might be enough to make it noteworthy–– for instance, many of the pages listed in WP:UA are noteworthy for this criteria. Just my two cents, though. CitizenKang414 (talk) 17:18, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – Of course, the article needs to be heavily overhauled, in style and content as well as sourcing, but it seems to me that under WP:N, the topic has been covered enough in the (Russian-language) literature to warrant keeping the page up. Aadim2 (talk) 19:05, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, lack of significant coverage. This is the policy reason that also caused Namibian politician Adolf Hitler Uunona to not get an article even though his name and face reached news outlets all over the world recently. Geschichte (talk) 19:21, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: As I said last time, this person has only been discussed by trivia and Russian state propaganda websites. There are no other secondary sources. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 14:45, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment An editor has moved this page to Semyon Hitler and turned Semen Hitler into a redirect. I'm not sure how that affects this deletion discussion under the original name or whether the article should be moved back. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:58, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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