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The result was keep. article may need editing, but appears to be the consensus DGG ( talk ) 19:16, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Not notable individual.No WP:RS are presented in the article.Seems like self promotion Shrike (talk)/WP:RX 10:06, 7 September 2012 (UTC)Adding to my rationale:The article clearly doesn't meet any WP:AUTHOR notability criteria.--Shrike (talk)/WP:RX 15:43, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Michael Dorfman is a published author, with a number of books on Jewish history (see below) and countless analytic articles in reputable sources - see, for example, [1]. He is widely read and very active. I have a strong suspicion that the intention to delete his profile on Wikipedia is driven by interested parties who do not share his political position. Yudanin (talk) 20:41, 8 September 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lamerkhav (talk • contribs) [reply]
Michael Dofman brings a thoughtful and distinct voice to a wide range of political discussions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobconway (talk • contribs) 22:49, 8 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
As has been pointed out by others above Michael Dorfman is a well known author with a many articles and a number of books published especially in Russian language media. Besides what can be found online you can find his articles in a number of Russian language newspapers offline. His articles has been critically reviewed primarily in Russian language media. He clearly meets notability criteria for inclusion in Wikipedia. The article may have to be cleaned up, not deleted. Ariel Sokolovsky (talk) 19:13, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The user hadn't edited about two years his fist edit was this comment.--Shrike (talk)/WP:RX 15:43, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep published author and publicist, famous journalist. Suspect political motivation for page removal. Yudanin (talk) 19:33, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes but he is already said "keep".--Shrike (talk)/WP:RX 17:37, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I've been reading him for quite a number of years. He is a very prolific author on the subject of Jewish/Yiddish history and culture. I've been reading his regular column at http://www.sensusnovus.ru/category/opinion (I read Russian), but also read excerpts from his books. Not sure why this entry would need to be deleted. This is quite a prominent guy. Yashka78 (talk) 12:57, 10 September 2012 (UTC)— Yashka78 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
Keep - persuaded by the abundance of sources. It's not a New Yorker Featured Article, but this is a specialized topic about Russia Jewish Yiddish culture so we need remember WP:SYSTEMIC can be an issue. The sources seem to support a notable person within the context of Russian Jewish Yiddish culture (and some outside that context). BTW I have no connection to the author or Yashka78 or anyone else, found this by going through the Author AfDs. Green Cardamom (talk) 23:13, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Subject is a publishing author in Russia language. Published 3 books in the biggest Russina Public House.
The article created in January 2007. During this period about 30 peope contributed to this article and apparently everybody was in agreement, that there the subject complies with Wiki notability criteria User:Lamerkhav 03:20, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Dori ☾Talk ☯ Contribs☽ 03:30, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Compromise I'd love, if you'll propose a compromise. I fail to see what compromise may be, if the proponent wants to delete the article, and nearly everybody else suggests to keep it.
Keep - I'd be tempted to say, snow keep. There seem to be a large number of reliable secondary sources in Russian about Dorfman, which means he easily clears the GNG barrier. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:30, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 21:09, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't have any close relations to the subject, nor any bias toward it. I met him twice in 1998 and 1998 in Israel in the youth club "Lamerkhav" in Beer-Sheva. This is where I got my nickname. I have his e-mail, and I asked him about some details in the article, but this doesn't meet the criteria of COI by any means.
I removed this from the lede. Can we include his nationality in the lede if there are citations for that? The info box says American/Israeli?Thank you. --Malerooster (talk) 02:21, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Could we also try to get some English language citations as well? Thank you. --Malerooster (talk) 02:26, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
the subject used to live in Israel from 1976, and from 2001 he lives in the US. What citation can be? Lamerkhav (talk) 04:46, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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