Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yivsam Azgad

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. The sole keep arguments have been refuted, to say nothing that sockpuppetry is not acceptable. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:39, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Yivsam Azgad

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not meet wp:notability Saff V. (talk) 06:08, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

• Support most(if not all) of the sources are primary sources. Doesn't meet general notability guidelines and academic notability guidelines. Also there are a lot unreliable sources like Wikipedia in Hebrew. That's not a reliable source.--SharabSalam (talk) 06:47, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 06:48, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Israel-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 06:48, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

• Delete The article reads like a CV, and combined with the image, looks highly suspect in terms of WP:COI. Number 57 20:56, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:50, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:50, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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Yivsam Azgad is a well-known art curator, science fiction author, eminent journalist and spokesperson of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. He already has a Wikipedia page in Hebrew, which is well supported with links to reliable references and meets the Wikipedia guidelines. The article in English has been created in consultation with the above-mentioned article in Hebrew and with the references provided within the same. However, this article needs to be amended with regard to the references attached, which can be fixed via editing. The grounds on which this article has been opened to discussion for deletion is unclear to me and it seems a bit biased and suspicious, given that Yivsam Azgad has given a lot of service to Arts, Science, and Journalism including many science-based socio-cultural initiatives which are recognized worldwide and thus deserves a Wikipedia page in English.Q936 (talk) 20:13, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

@Saff V.:,@Number 57: I have edited the page, corrected the references and introduced sections. The article is objective with reliable links and references and as such meet Wikipedia's guidelines. - More references will be added soon. Q936 (talk) 21:30, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

@Saff V.:,@Number 57: The page has been edited. It is no longer reads like a CV. Also, a new image has been uploaded.Q936 (talk) 21:44, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

@Saff V.:,@Number 57: Please have a look at the Wikipedia pages: Nano Comics and Science on Tap.

• Yivsam Azgad is the editor of Nano Comics (a comic series in English, Arabic, and Hebrew) and he is the one who initiated and responsible for the social-cultural Science on Tap.
• Israeli author: He is also a well known Israeli author (see his list of publications).
• Israeli curator (including science-art): Yivsam Azgad has also been exploring the concept of combining art and science: displaying contemporary Art exhibition in research spaces at the Weizmann Institute and exhibiting scientific images in art spaces in Tel Aviv and elsewhere (see: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/Arts/en/home).

Thanks, Q936 (talk) 22:06, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Q936, Thanks for your efforts, the main issue of the article is lack of notability, unfortunately, sources which were added by you are not enough to confirm his notability for instance, this one is self-published source. It is better to let to know other users' votes instead of calling me.Saff V. (talk) 07:39, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

• Not to Delete - Yivsam Azgad NOTABILITY:

To confirm notability, here is a link from the Lexicon of New Hebrew Literature, The Ohio State University: Thanks Q936 (talk) 11:52, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, PhantomSteve/talk¦contribs\ 18:32, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

• Vote for no deletion There should be hardly a question of notability here because Yivsam Azgad, as mentioned by user Q936, is a well-known journalist, writer, and art curator. He is the brain behind Science on Tap, which has been a great success in Israel and highly recognized worldwide. He is the creator of Nano Comics which is published in English, Arabic and Hebrew and is highly popular amongst children. Besides that, sources referred to confirm his notability are well established, for example, the article in Lexicon of New Hebrew Literature, The Ohio State University which is bagged only by outstanding individuals in literature in Hebrew and journalism. 0587 (talk) 22:33, 16 October 2019 (UTC)— 8570w (talk • contribs) is a confirmed sock puppet of Q936 (talk • contribs).
• Delete per WP:BIO. There is no evidence of notability through independent coverage. The whole page is like a CV with primary sources appended for every single thing he's done. Plenty of writers and academics produce large bodies of work, but Wikipedia demands that notability be proved through non-primary sources speaking about the subject exclusively, or interviewing him, or discussing his accomplishments. The Hebrew Wikipedia article is no indicator of notability either, being as it is littered with primary sources affirming every single thing he's done, and produced by the same editor as here. Please read WP:BASIC: People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject. That is not the case here. Yoninah (talk) 23:29, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

• Delete - fails to meet notability and overly reliant on primary sources. --mikeu ^talk 20:07, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
• Delete - while at first glance the references look good, a deeper dive reveals a Hebrew Wikipedia article, random web pages for places and organizations tangentially related to the subject, and self-edited websites. There's no way to verify any of the information about the person. I have been to several World Cons, and won an award for most humorous costume at a regional SF con. He's unknown as a science fiction writer in North America. The page from OSU is a staff-written page; anybody who works in academia knows they're essentially self-published. If it were one of several sources, that would be fine, but as the only source, and in Hebrew, no. Bearian (talk) 01:48, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
• Delete I did extensive searches. He got many hits in my university library, but in all of them he was merely acting as the mouthpiece of the Weizmann Institute of Science and none of the articles were about him. The Hebrew wikipedia article yields nothing better in terms of sourcing. Both are clearly self promotional. Fails WP:GNG and WP:SIGCOV.4meter4 (talk) 03:42, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

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