Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akop Sanasaryan

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The result was keep; nomination withdrawn; non-admin closure. John Vandenberg 11:44, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Akop Sanasaryan

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Non-notable Alan Liefting 23:46, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

The page has had a significant update and a name change to the correct spelling after I had placed the AfD. I would now like to withdraw my nomination. Alan Liefting 10:06, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

• Weak Delete - he seems borderline non-notable; there are some mentions in reliable sources, like this, but none are personal. On a related note, could you expand your rationales for deletion - they're a little terse? --Haemo 23:49, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

The article has been a stub for almost a year, google gives 87 hits, google scholar gives no hits and one quotation in a magazine surely does not establish notability. Alan Liefting 02:07, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

• Weak keep that article is from New Scientist, so i would assume that if they noticed his campaign, that others have also.DGG (talk) 00:31, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, he is notable. Callelinea 03:57, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, I think. An environmental campaigner from Armenia who I suspect from a quick perusal of the google hits is reasonably well known in that field. Note that his name is also spelt 'Hakob Sanasaryan' (probably something to do with the transliteration) and that this returns a further 200 hits on google. There's even a press picture of him here[1] --Malcolmxl5 04:41, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Keep Stands borderline in notability. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 07:05, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep I stubbed this a while back and had forgotten about it. Akop Sanasaryan is a major environmentalist and chemist in Armenia who has been an active player in nuclear politics in the country. One thing I dislkie about wikipedia is uneven coverage -that some small time university professor or blog operator in America is considered "notable" yet an Armenian chemist isn't because the article was a stub?? I'd have appreciated the nominator personally asking me to expand it before going through this process - as always what is "notable" is often POV. Sanasaryan is also chairman of the Green Union of Armenia which I believe is a noted Armenian environmental group. Secondly I don't create articles if I don't believe they have an element of benefit for the encyclopedia and could quite reasonably be developed into articles. PLease don't give me a what wikipedia is and WP:Not and all that -I'm far from a beginner!!. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 09:05, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep If New Scientist says he's notable, other sources do as well -- even if we haven't found them yet. More sourcing is in order, not deletion. Spazure 09:33, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

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.