Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerasim Avsharyan

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. Lots of single purpose accounts here... Thanks everyone for contributing and please remember to assume good faith with my closure. If you want to discuss undeleting this article, please request it at deletion review, not on my talk page. Thanks! SarahStierch (talk) 02:34, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gerasim Avsharyan[edit]

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Promo of a nonnotable Russian psychologist - Altenmann >t

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:10, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:10, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, no reliable sources, clearly part of a coordinated spam effort on behalf of several Russian psychologists. -- Y not? 15:26, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, to search for a Russian author, it is necessary to type his name in Russian letters and not in Englisch.

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)so the search engine does not find much.

And so can we find more: books Parsbol (talk) 20:34, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. You can not delete an article because of incorrect search.

The correct search brings the results:

books

State Library

publishing house "Praim Evroznak"

publishing house "Krylow"

publishing house AST

Senatw (talk) 09:12, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

- Single-purpose account - Altenmann >t 05:13, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It's nice to show us what to search on, but I don't speak Russian and it would be even nicer to provide links to reliable sources about Avsharyan. Most of the links are things by Avsharyan (books by Avsharyan, publisher of Avsharyan books) none of which establish notability (simply publishing a book is not notable). The only decent source I see is the Russian State Library naming one of his books (among 7 other authors) for the second half of 2007, which doesn't seem such a high honor. No book reviews? No biographical article about Avsharyan from an independent source such as a newspaper or journal? No quotes in the news or academic press? -- GreenC 07:47, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The Russian national library has many books of Avsharyan. And your link is only for the best books for 2007. And among the eight best books - Avsharyans book (it is an important fact to wikipedia). Avsharyans book among the eight best books 2007 - it's notability. Primatobyk (talk) 16:42, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Simply being in the Russian library is not notable. The "best 8 books" says best of the second half of 2007 so it's not an entire year, just the last 6 months of 2007. And it's not an award just an article. And it's only one source, which isn't enough on its own. -- GreenC 18:34, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

- Single-purpose account - Altenmann >t 05:11, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Avsharyan is known not only as a writer, but also as the author of various methods. His phrases and books are cited on various websites. Some of his books are in the lists of recommended books. The article must be considered separately, because it can not be found in magazines and newspapers, and a person still has a notability. The National Library receives books every six months, and the fact that Avsharyans book is one of the best - it is an important fact not only for the half of 2007, but in general. In addition, Avsharyans books are quite popular and common, they can be found not only in Russia but also in other countries. The person has a notability. Pedrosjan (talk) 06:15, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Single-purpose account - Altenmann >t 05:11, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 01:56, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 04:03, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Gerasim Avsharyan is well known in the CIS. I have looked on the internet. 13 of his books are published. Some books were reprinted several times and spread in different countries. In the CIS he is the one of the most widely read authors of those who wrote about the memory . Along with Samuel Garibyan Avsharyan can be considered as a classic of popular science literature about mnemonics.Oskarlee (talk) 11:50, 28 December 2013 (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.