Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Olga T. Lomakin

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The result was delete. Tone 11:16, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Olga T. Lomakin[edit]

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I do not see anything in this article which would demonstrate the notability of this lady. She is only mentioned together with her husband, and, to be honest, the notability of the husband is at best at the edge. Ymblanter (talk) 08:08, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Ymblanter (talk) 08:08, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. Ymblanter (talk) 08:08, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I find very little coverage in accessible sources, at least from her time in the US. The report mentioned in this article is in a newspaper (the San Francisco Chronicle) which is not on Newspapers.com for the relevant years (maybe other editors have access through different databases, and can say how significant it is). But even if it is significant coverage, we would need more than just one article to meet WP:GNG, and I don't see it. There are some mentions, including a report of the ship launch, and when she and her husband were guests at an American-Russian Friendship banquet in 1944 (that tells us that she was an expert in silk manufacture, not mentioned in this article) - but other than that, there are just photos of her arriving to board the ship to leave the US in 1948. (Identified - not sure what the article means about correspondents failing to identify her.) From what the article says about her activities in the US and in Russia, she would not meet any WP:SNGs either. (There is significant coverage of her husband, so I don't think there would be a question of his notability.) (I'm glad to have seen the photo of her cat, gorgeous - but sadly no reason to keep it on Wikipedia.) RebeccaGreen (talk) 11:50, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DeleteThank you for your time and expertise. I agree that the picture of OTL doesn’t reflect her activity during WWII. The main reason why I submitted this article for Wiki is because there were literally thousands of wives of Russian-Soviet diplomats that are worth a blank page. The Wiki article on Lydia Gromyko is extremely poorly written and has questionable citations (mainly in Russian). Whereas OTL (1942-1944) in publications is remembered as a socially active person. She defied the stereotypes characteristic of Russian-Soviet diplomats wives. The photo of the “oversized woman in furs” leaving the car on the dock In 1948 and called “mommy Lomakin” is not OTL ! A lot of mistakes are made in when chasing for sensation. See the pictures on the family arrival in Sweden. Thank you for reminding me that she was expert in silk manufacture. Please give me a lead to the “American-Russian friendship banquet 1944”, I can’t find it. I regret if the article will be deleted, little is known of the people that worked together during the American Russian alliance. Write me if I can improve the article in any way. I still find that OTL and her time are worth remembering. Thanks again User:Ludaleib (talk) 13:24, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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