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Vladyslav Yakubovskyi

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Thinking this over, I have got myself to agree with the (probable) sock who nominated this article for deletion previously. Many of the sources cited to not mention this person, or mention him only in passing. It is essentially a coatrack about corruption scandals of entities associated with Yakubovskyi.

And then there is this. It was mentioned in the previous AfD that this article is a translation of the Ukrainian version. So better TNT this problematic BLP and avoid another defamation-lawsuit scandal.

--Janhrach (talk) 19:25, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete this is a LOT to go through, but the sources I checked generally were only very passing mentions, or mentions of his companies. A lot of trivial coverage does not make up one significant coverage. Agree with the nom on the second point as well. Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 23:19, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Angara Airlines Flight RA-46620

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Absolutely no notability here at all, this user just seems to be creating articles about anything and has already been warned by others to draftify or submit the article for review but never listened. I don't need to put any links here as its quite clear that this is just an ordinary plane incident that has no business for a wikipedia article. Megabyte21 (talk) 05:48, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Strong delete: Run-of-the-mill incident, fails WP:EVENTCRIT#4, fails WP:GNG, no likelihood of continuing coverage beyond the initial news cycle, no likelihood of lasting effects. Not encyclopedic, fails the WP:10YEARTEST. Do I need to go on? Rosbif73 (talk) 06:42, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not really anything special. And I don't think the press cared about that incident. An editor from Mars (talk) 07:30, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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At this point, an obvious delete of a relatively minor accident. Mangoe (talk) 11:17, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delet, trivial aviation mishap.TheLongTone (talk) 12:27, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oleg Kalabekov

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This article may not meet Wikipedia’s WP:GNG as it lacks significant coverage in reliable, the current tone resembles promotional or advertising language, which is contrary to Wikipedia’s WP:NPOV and WP:NOTADVERTISING policies. 𝒮-𝒜𝓊𝓇𝒶 21:57, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: His invention lack independent coverage. —LastJabberwocky (Rrarr) 04:55, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:HEY. Coverage exists in Russian language. Meets WP:SCHOLAR due to his research and innovations. Kmorsman (talk) 15:32, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - a made up in one day award for up and coming but ultimately run of the mill engineer. WP:NOTFB. Bearian (talk) 23:44, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pope Benedict XV and Russia

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This article would be better off as simply a subheading of the Diplomatic agenda section of the main article, but merging it does not seem viable because it is simply not up to encyclopedic standards. The talk page reveals possible copyvio issues as well. It appears to be substantially the same as it was in 2009.

If this article is not to be deleted/merged, it would need to be completely rewritten by someone with subject expertise or at least competence. M.A.Spinn (talk) 20:03, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per WP:TNT and WP:V. As written, we can't verify anything. Was this written by a chat bot? It's too much of an essay, and the citation format is unique at best. Bearian (talk) 01:48, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or not opposed to draftify to improve the citations issue not being readily verifiable.Lorraine Crane (talk) 17:41, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - There is a problem with sourcing. There is a lot of synthesis even though the topic is knowledgeable but not encyclopaedic enough. I cannot think about TNT, because this topic does not need an article in the first place. Segaton (talk) 12:15, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Artificial Waves

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Fails WP:BAND. I couldn't find any SIGCOV in independent sources (both in English and Russian). —LastJabberwocky (Rrarr) 11:33, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Cheboksary Physics and Mathematics School

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Article is entirely unreferenced save for a link to what seems to be some sort of a social networking site in the external links section. I could not find any sources in Chuvash or Russian, that were not simply databases or mentions of the subject in passing. As it stands, this article fails WP:GNG and WP:NSCHOOL. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 23:56, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - unreferenced and closed means that it is unlikely to be able to be saved. Bearian (talk) 00:51, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - the article is unreferenced; there is no sigcov online that I can see; there is no clear path to the article being saved in any way. JacobTheRox (talk) 14:24, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Barabız

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Article is unclear what this is. Seems like a simple (though incomplete) translation of a foreign word, rather than an actual topic. BEFORE is not finding anything by spelling "Barabız" or "Barabus". ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 15:34, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Keep: I would say it's loosely notable; I found two sources for historic background ([1] and [2]) plus a source for a namesake location in Kazan ([3]). I only checked google, so there can be more info out there. Also I'm not opposed to merge with Kazan. —LastJabberwocky (Rrarr) 17:37, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for finding these. Most are repeats of the same short content and single photo. Also doesn't indicate the "service" went beyond Kazan. I think putting the content into Kazan is a good idea. ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 18:36, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Battle of Khankala (1735)

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Articles for deletion/Battle of Khankala (1735) (2nd nomination)

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Poorly sourced. The only source used is some book Хожаев, Д. (1998). Чеченец (in Russian). Khozhaev seems to be a Chechen field commander, brigadier general and doesn't seem to be a reliable source, since no degree in history. And I couldn't find the book on the Internet, must be WP:RSSELF. Devlet Geray (talk) 18:57, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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It's first nomination in fact Devlet Geray (talk) 18:58, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - I don't think "Poorly sourced" is in the Wikipedia:Deletion policy. More relevant is "articles that cannot possibly be attributed to reliable sources" and "articles for which thorough attempts to find reliable sources to verify them have failed". Has WP:BEFORE been done? I also am dubious that you have to have a degree in history or history books you write will be considered unreliable. It seems that plenty of authors have written histories without a formal degree in that subject (one even got a Nobel prize for theirs). But even in that case, our own article on Dalkhan Khozhaev states "In 1983 he graduated from the faculty of History of the Chechen-Ingush State University" and that he was a researcher at the Chechen-Ingush Republican Regional Museum, the author of works on the history of the national liberation movement of Chechnya in the 19th century and Head of the Archives Department. It seems strange you've copied "Chechen field commander, brigadier general" from the start of our article but chosen to edit that from the full description "Chechen historian, field commander, brigadier general and author with numerous works on the centuries-old confrontation between Chechnya and Russia". Given his publication history, he was an academic and writer before his military service, and continued the former during the latter. The article on the Russian wikipedia has quite a bit more on him and has a number of his books listed. The source used in the article is his 1998 «Чеченцы в Русско-Кавказской войне» (Chechens in the Russo-Caucasian War), published in Grozny by Seda Publishers (isbn and catalogue listing here). That you only suspect he might not be reliable, you assume that the source must be self published, these weren't really strong arguments for deletion without having done a proper WP:BEFORE. And given that these things have been disproven, there's nothing left in the nomination. Spokoyni (talk) 23:07, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I'll also further add that Khozhaev's book is not "the only source used", there's another in the article, and a WP:BEFORE would have shown there were originally four sources in the article, two of which the original author later removed on the incorrect rationale that they did not add any additional content to what the other sources stated. Spokoyni (talk) 23:30, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I clearly wrote that he does not have a degree in history, he is not a specialist in the history of Chechnya (no PhD thesis). How can he be used as a source for a topic like this? Makes absolutely no sence. Moreover, the figures and data presented in the article are initially implausible. In addition, the links are given for show, since it is impossible to verify them. Plus, zero cross-wiki and no information on this "battle" on the Internet, makes the article absoulte original research Devlet Geray (talk) 21:47, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Since none of that makes any sense, suggest speedy keep under "the nominator failed to give intelligible grounds for content deletion". He has a degree in history, he is a speciality on the history of Chechnya, and if you are suggesting only history books written by those with a phd in history are reliable, you need to go and change the entire nature of what makes a WP:RS. If you mean sources rather than links, they are published accounts and are verfiable (that you personally can't or won't verify them is not an acceptable reason). The absence of articles on other wikis is not a criteria for deletion here, nor is lack of google hits. You tried to get this speedied as a hoax, that was declined. Then you prodded it "because it never happened", and that was declined, and now you're attacking one of the two (out of originally four) sources in the article as a reason for deletion because the book's author doesn't have a phd. I can see your desire to get this deleted for some reason, I'm just not seeing any actual rationale for it. Why do you think this is a hoax, or an invented instance? Spokoyni (talk) 22:04, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

According to WP:BURDEN, the burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and it is satisfied by providing an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution. Devlet Geray (talk) 23:36, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

‌‌‌‌‌Meanwhile, I found a pdf version of the book «Чеченцы в Русско-Кавказской войне» (Chechens in the Russo-Caucasian War), published in Grozny by Seda Publishers and there is no mention of such a "battle". Devlet Geray (talk) 23:59, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Delete I don’t see anything reliable that tells us this alleged battle ever took place. Mccapra (talk) 13:39, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Operation Dragonfly

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Article has been sitting since its creation on 25 October 2023, having not been expanded at all since then. It is about a unique, out of many, Ukrainian strike against Russian forces. The only reason why it could be notable would be for it being the first instance of ATACMS usage by Ukraine in the war, according to the article.

The first results when looking up "Operation Dragonfly" on Google aren't even about the invasion of Ukraine. In five pages of results in Google, I could only find the following sources about this strike: [4] [5] [6].

I could find more sources without using the "Operation Dragonfly" name. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]. The most recent source is the latter, from 23 October, six days after the strike happened. I do not believe the strike has long-lasting coverage in sources. Simply by reading the article, the strike surely was not nothing, but it doesn't seem worth a Wikipedia article. Super Ψ Dro 20:34, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete No evidence that this was a significant event. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:04, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and Redirect It's true that the article is relatively short and the page might not have merit to exist on its own, but that doesn't mean the content is not worthy to exist at all. It would be better if the information are merged onto a larger page that discusses airstrikes in the war, because this page is certainly not the only one and there are many more similar to this one in Category:Attacks on military installations in Ukraine or Category:Ukrainian airstrikes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I would also prefer this page become a redirect after the merge as it is still the first result after a google search. TeddyRoosevelt1912 (talk) 15:21, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Super Dromaeosaurus, @Shwabb1, @NickK, @Aleksandr Grigoryev For discussion TeddyRoosevelt1912 (talk) 15:23, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the invitation. Hard to say:

On one hand, this is likely the first ever use of ATACAMS by Ukraine, with significant (from military point of view) result. As such this is a notable enough military operation and it has enough sources.
On the other hand, it is very likely that no further information about this operation will be released until the war ends (for obvious reasons). As a result, this article will likely stay in current state for a while.

I would read this that fundamentally this is a notable military operation, but practically we will not be able to improve this article further for unknown period of time — NickK (talk) 23:45, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that's the case as well. Overall I don't mind the idea of merging this into a larger article that lists major airstrikes including this one, as this article is quite small on its own and, as you've said, we're not getting much more info on it any time soon. Shwabb1 ⟨ta co⟩ 01:11, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Felix Shpilman

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absolutely none of the sources are in depth coverage of Shpilman and I can find nothing better about them elsewhere. Might be suitable for a redirect to Emerging Travel Group but certainly there is no notability otherwise, as it's all press releases and passing mentions. COOLIDICAE🕶 19:19, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: Independent, in-depth coverage in major business outlets—The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Insider—is complemented by substantial Russian reporting in Коммерсантъ, РБК, and Forbes Russia. Together these sources span 2011-2025, easily satisfying the WP:GNG and WP:BIO depth-of-coverage tests. As long-time CEO of Emerging Travel Group, a multibillion-dollar company, Felix Shpilman is routinely profiled in articles that go far beyond routine announcements. The entry may benefit from routine copy-editing, but the sourcing is plainly sufficient, so deletion is unwarranted. — Pagarizantali (talk) 19:05, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – Independent, in-depth coverage is plentiful: internationally, Wall Street Journal reported on Shpilman’s Start Fund role (2011) and the Ostrovok/ETG investor dispute (2014), Skift ran a strategy deep-dive on Emerging Travel Group (2023), and Fast Company ME profiled RateHawk’s AI work (2025); within Russia he is repeatedly profiled or interviewed in major business media—Forbes Russia travel-sector features, a full-page Kommersant (2018), prime-time segments on RBC TV (2020), and Vedomosti’s investment analyses (2014)—together easily meeting WP:GNG and WP:BIO. Pollia (talk) 20:38, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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