Talk:Kristina Rihanoff
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[edit] Conflict of interest
Article obviously created by subject of article, judging by the user name and this rather damning evidence.
This is against the policy on autobiographies.
Created from scratch, even including "fact" tag - my guess is it's a re-created article.
Camillus 23:13, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Notability
This article relies solely on subjects own website and myspace page.
A search, filtering out Wikipedia, myspace, youtube and flickr gives a whole 357 hits, which quickly collapses to 14 when Google filters articles "very similar to those listed". Face it, this person just ain't notable... Camillus 22:05, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] External Links
The reason I have removed several of the external links on this page is that they violate WP:LINKSTOAVOID Specifically:
- Links to social networking sites (such as MySpace), chat or discussion forums/groups (such as Yahoo! Groups), USENET newsgroups or e-mail lists- therefore Rihanoff's Myspace page and facebook fanpages are unsuitable.
-Links to sites that primarily exist to sell products or services, or to sites with objectionable amounts of advertising. e.g Links to sites advertising classes or a camp with Rihanoff
-Sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject: the link should be directly related to the subject of the article. A general site that has information about a variety of subjects should usually not be linked to from an article on a more specific subject. e.g an article about the DWTS tour, which has less than one sentence mentioning Rihanoff, a link to an out-of-date site about two ballroom dance teachers, with just one sentence about Rihanoff being one of four people training them.
-Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a Featured article. e.g a page about Rihanoff and Wentnik which contains no information which is not already in the article, just a few sentences about their competitive highlights. It adds nothing to the article.
I have also removed the Danceplaza results, not because it isn't relevant, but because it gives exactly the same information as the dancesportinfo results.
The reason there are notability issues with this article is because there is not much at the moment to say about her. From rumours about her involvement in BBC TV this autumn, that seems likely to be change. However, re WP:BIO, notability is established by being the subject of independent secondary source material, not just being mentioned in secondary sources. "Primary sources may be used to support content in an article, but they do not contribute toward proving the notability of a subject." I assume these links are being forwarded in an attempt to prove Rihanoff's notability. but if this is the sum of independent secondary source material relating to her, it doesn't make a very good case for a wikipedia article. Gingernut1015 (talk) 17:15, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
