Talk:Pavel Tsatsouline

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Contents 1 Fraud Allegations 2 Deletion proposal and article expansion 3 Dragon door merges 4 Talk section before deletion? 5 ISBNs 6 Regarding "Citation Needed" for Tsatsouline in Rolling Stone Mag 7 Typed In His Name Just For Fun

[edit] Fraud Allegations

I removed this line from the above section since it obviously belongs on the talk page: I don't think a post on someones blog should be considered as 'attributable to reliable source' for a fraud allegation. This entry should be deleted. Johnatx 23:58, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Restored the section on fraud (the section, not the comment above) with an edit note to not remove it until it's resolved here. I don't have any solid references to back up his Master of Sports, nor do I have an opinion on the worthiness of including the accusations -- just that the section shouldn't be removed without discussion here. Please inform me on my page of any resolution or further issues. --Auto^{(talk / contribs)} 19:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Let me make the case for keeping this paragraph. True, forum entries aren't always the most reliable source of information, but considering that one of the forum entries referenced was written by Pavel himself, I think that holds some merit. Also, the allegations weren't made by some random person on the internet. They were made by Steve Cotter, a highly respected former Sr. RKC. This was no small deal and it rocked the kettlebell community in the US, so it's certainly noteworthy for Wikipedia. When I wrote the paragraph, I tried to show as much respect as possible to all parties involved. It doesn't actually say "Pavel is a fraud". It just says that a reputable person accused Pavel of fraud and Pavel admitted to some of the accusations (specifically the official status of his Master of Sports degree) and he denied others. Those are simply the facts of the situation, and I can't think of a more neutral way to put it. If someone can, by all means, please do so. Darkdogtx 03:15, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion proposal and article expansion

Hey, Pavel Tsatsouline was proposed for deletion yesterday. I reversed that proposal because I thought it wasn't an obvious deletion, but it still has an {{importance}} tag on it and is likely to be nominated for AfD. If you think the article should be kept, you might try to make it more clearly meet WP:BIO. NickelShoe 17:25, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Yes, I'll try to build it up a bit according to that.Tyciol 19:20, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Because it's a redlink farm, has a very low number of incoming links (only 3 from article space, 1 of which is an article about his company), and no strong assertion of notability. User:NickelShoe and I have been discussing this at my talk page, and I'll hold off on any action for now. Persuade me he's notable and I won't even trouble us all with a nomination :-) (or indeed myself with having to do some serious research) One of the good things about thye deletion process is how often it leads to very positive action, such as the improvements of articles, the starting of new cleanup initiatives, etc. I've plenty of evidence of these on my talk pages. Perhaps this can be such a case.

Yeah, you're right, I tried to remove as many red links as possible. Tyciol 02:29, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dragon door merges

I'm more concerned about Dragon Door. Any chance you could merge?

Dragon Door concerns people other than Pavel, so probably not. I have a separate article on the Warrior diet and if I ever learn anything about the guy, one on Ori Hofmekler would work. Tyciol 02:29, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I think you could merge Ori Hofmekler, Warrior Diet and Dragon Door into one article, either Ori Hofmekler or Warrior Diet? --kingboyk 02:38, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I can't merge Dragon Door into either Ori or Pavel, as they're individual authors, that's just the company which they (and many others) write through. Warrior diet is an individual concept, which has it's own because it is a dieting article. Ori has his own because he's not solely a dieting author, he's also a previous author for Penthouse magazine. Tyciol 04:12, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk section before deletion?

I'm not sure why anyone would propose to delete it... usually such things are put in the talk section first. .Tyciol 19:20, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I can assure you that they're not usually put in the talk section first. But that doesn't mean it would hurt to do that. Good luck on the expansion. NickelShoe 19:25, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

In my experience, most deletion nominations are emphatically not discussed first. I don't know why (time, maybe, as most are janitorial actions) - perhaps they should be - but generally they aren't. --kingboyk 19:32, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ISBNs

Someone on another talk page suggested you add the ISBN's for the books. I looked up the ISBNs myself, but I was too lazy to sort the books by date. I'll feel bad about that later and do it myself if no one else does. NickelShoe 19:41, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Nice work NickelShoe! If one or two of those have any sort of Amazon rank to them showing significant sales, this article is now a slam dunk keep. Happy editing! (not by me! Exercise??? what the heck is THAT! LOL.) ++Lar: t/c 01:45, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, thank you as well, ISBNs and technical details have never been my forte... such things are probably listed on the sales pages though I guess. Tyciol 02:29, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding "Citation Needed" for Tsatsouline in Rolling Stone Mag

This particular "What's Hot" in Rolling Stone Magazine appeared on page 95 of the August 30, 2001 issue. He was listed as a "Hot Trainer." --Graywolf 70 06:33, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Typed In His Name Just For Fun

I have been a kettlebell instructor, and I know Pavel deserves some credit, but he is now one of many experts. If anyone feels that he deserves special status, by all means punch this article up to something that reflects it. Otherwise it is nothing but another backlink for Google pagerank. Maybe you want to give John a call and have him do it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.113.88.152 (talk) 17:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC).