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The result was delete. Jbeach ^sup 23:48, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alexandre Koriakine (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Biographical article on an internet personality (founder of a website, Wikimapia), which has sat without any references to independent sources for a year. COI problems, since the main contributors have been the subject himself and another wikipedian who is also an active member of Wikimapia. He has argued that as the founder of a large website A.K. is notable "by definition" (even "on a par with Jimmy Wales"), but requests for providing independent sources of biographical coverage in the media have gone unanswered. The only reference so far is to the FAQ page of A.K.'s own website. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:46, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - no independent coverage of him, as opposed to Wikimapia. If the only thing to be said about Koriakine is that he set up a website, this could be kept as a redirect to the Wikimapia article.--Michig 09:59, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Fails WP:BIO. /Blaxthos 11:23, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per WP:BIO. STORMTRACKER 94 12:09, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Wikimapia, as this seems his only claim to notability. --Amxitsa 12:49, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Wikimapia. NASCAR Fan24^{(radio me!)} 13:07, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I may be totally stupid in not knowing how notable Wikimapia is (is it?), but I can't help but notice that the Wikimapia page is basically unsourced too. Fut.Perf. ☼ 13:36, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep. The founder of a website to which literally millions have contributed is notable. David Cannon 21:22, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • ... only if he gets talked about in the media. I really wonder how a long-time contributor and administrator can fail to grasp this simple wikipedia rule. Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:34, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete no coverage in reliable sources. A redirect can be set editorially if necessary but I don't think it would be much use given his own very low notability compared with the website. Eluchil404 10:01, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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