Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yakov Kazyansky

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 Keep with the additional reliable sources added to the article whcih are judged to just about meet the notability guideline. Davewild (talk) 13:21, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yakov Kazyansky[edit]

Article does not meet the requirements in WP:BIO for notability. No significant press coverage, awards or impact on area of work. Ozgod (talk) 01:04, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ Neutral. Doesn't quite seem to meet notability guidelines contained in WP:BIO or WP:MUSIC. Further, the article's only reference is to the artist's own website. The lack of independent sources leaves the article's contents unverifiable. OlenWhitaker • ^{talk to me} or _don't • ♣ ♥ ♠ ♦ 01:27, 17 March 2008 (UTC) 01:27, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The new reference seems to tip the scales back towards keep, unfortunately, it's in Russian, and I don't read Russian nearly well enough to determine anything about the article except that it mentions the artist in question. I'll take it on faith that it is a notable mention to the point of withdrawing my delete vote and switching to neutrality on the issue. OlenWhitaker • ^{talk to me} or _don't • ♣ ♥ ♠ ♦ 14:51, 17 March 2008 (UTC) 14:51, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep There's at least one non-trivial source in Russian, an interview with a regional magazine: Kostishina, Elizabeta (2007-09-05), "Яков Казьянский: «Не надо делать из искусства официантку»", Yunost, no. 35, retrieved 2008-03-17. Others may be available off-line. The award of "Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation" (ru:Заслуженный работник культуры Российской Федерации) might be enough to meet WP:BIO; it is verified by [1], for example. cab (talk) 02:32, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. cab (talk) 02:32, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep seems to be reasonably notable, 180 ghits on his name in Russian (even one book hit), 450 ghits on his name in English, almost all looks like belong to him and not self-published. A few good references to semi-reliable sources Alex Bakharev (talk) 03:03, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I restubbed the article just now since it was a copyvio of [2]. cab (talk) 03:08, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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