Talk:Mikhail Akhmanov

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Perhaps if the article would be enriched with bio details, it will cause less notability questions? ellol 20:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I do not know much about his biography. I am usually more interested in writers' works. Chronolegion 14:00, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Try his website in Russian, there's much of bio info. ellol 06:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC) Imho his works on Diabetes, his educational/scientific background, work of him as a translator -- all worth mention. Tho, I haven't read other sources. ellol 06:04, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

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I tried to write opening to this page, ended with something alike this, when failed to find info on Christopher Gilmore at English websites.

Mihail Ahmanov is a modern Russian science fiction writer, also a physicist, author of numerous translations and popular scientific books on diabetes. His real name is Mikhail Nakhmanson.

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Born on May 29, 1945 in Leningrad, Mikhail Nakhmanson was graduated from Leningrad State University and received Ph. D. in physics and mathematics of that university in 1971. He was prohibited to work in the university for discriminating reasons and joined Institute of Scientific Instruments Engineering, where he grew to a laboratory head.

In 1991 he started writing (first as a translator). Besides science fiction and fantasy he wrote popular scientific books, including one about drinking water, book about American universities and series of books for people suffering from diabetes. Number of copies of his books about diabetes exceeds 300,000, while total amount of all copies of his works including his translations beats 3 million. As a writer, he co-authored Christopher Gilmore. ellol 21:41, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expert review

The following discussion is archived. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

There was no answer, however an editor removed the notability tag. See comments below. --B. Wolterding 12:01, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

This review has been announced on the talk page of WikiProject Russia. Comments should be added on this page, below.

As part of the Notability wikiproject, I am trying to sort out whether this topic is notable enough to have its own article. The current article is mainly a collection of plot summaries, which are not suited for an encyclopedia (at least not in this context); they should be removed.

My main question is whether the person Mihail Ahmanov passes the criteria in WP:BIO. That would require independent sources about this author (say a published biography), so that these sources could be used to write an article about his biography. Currently I am only aware of his personal website (which is certainly not an independent source). Most sources, if present, seem to be in Russian. Can you tell me whether you think he meets the criteria?

Your opinions are welcome; please add your comments below. --B. Wolterding 17:12, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.


[edit] Notability

The article currently does not seem to establish notability per WP:BIO. It consists maily of plot summaries, which should not be included in this way per WP:NOT#PLOT. What would be needed are indepedent sources, not his homepage or the web site of his publisher. I will re-add the notability tag; the date counter starts new, so there is some time dor editors to add material before the article is reconsidered. --B. Wolterding 12:03, 12 September 2007 (UTC)