Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Evgenevich Gerunov

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. NawlinWiki 16:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alexander Evgenevich Gerunov

NN. Cross-promoted on ru and here. - CrazyRussian talk/email 23:49, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

• comment. And article in ru-wiki has a ref[1] to a city radio web-site where the guy is indeed called a "world champ" and that the city is considering giving him an appartment for free. For whatever it's worth... --Irpen 05:11, 26 October 2006 (UTC).
  • Changed to keep. --Irpen 01:49, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Vanity. The speediest deletion possible. KNewman 05:28, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep the guy won a lot of competitions, 386 ghits only on his English name and 1610 on his Russian nameAlex Bakharev 05:29, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I had never known there was a world championship in karate, like in soccer. Do we really know how important were the competitions he won? B/c the articles here and on ru: are unquestionably an orchestrated attempt at (self-)promotion. - CrazyRussian talk/email 05:32, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
    • There are zillion of Karate branches, many organize competitions. [2] Обладатель 60 золотых, 8 серебряных и 17 бронзовых медалей, пяти кубков «Звезды мира» и трех кубков «Звезды России», заслуженный мастер спорта. Самое серьезное достижение - чемпион мира (2004 год, Мексика). Nobody said the name of the branch, still seems to be reasonable Alex Bakharev 05:36, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
      • Or it's a dime a dozen... - CrazyRussian talk/email 05:38, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
        • He is the current champion by the version of World Karate Federation. The only version recognised by Olympic comittee, 10 mln participants. Not exactly Bruce Lee but notable Alex Bakharev 05:51, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
        • According to the Newspaper Sport-Express [3] he is the number 60..68 of the most notable sportspeople in Russia (number 59 is Garry Kasparov) Alex Bakharev 05:56, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Google hits for "Gerunov Karate" (Latin version) are 41 uniques. Good enough for me. --Pan Gerwazy 10:29, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per the Crazy Russian. WP:VAIN. Eusebeus 10:33, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I find Alex's arguments convincing.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep If he was champion on a small municipal level, I'd understand the deletion, but he has won national and international competitions. --Marriedtofilm 23:40, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep He is a very notable an respected figure in sports. What i included are just some of his personal accrolades. There are tons of titles under his belt(and i mean competition at its highest level) which i hope you guys can expand on it. Maybe some of you are not familiar with Karate. Keep in mind that karate almost made it to the Olympics. I therefore appeal that we must keep this article.--TerenceWang 01:21, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• speedy keep. Let's speedy-keep it. Obviously will stay, why waste time of others? --Irpen 01:49, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Speedy Keep yeah. speedy-keep it!--TerenceWang 23:20, 29 October 2006 (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.