Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saidmurod Davlatov

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The result was delete unless further sourcing appears. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 15:58, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Saidmurod Davlatov[edit]

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Recently created cross-wiki by new users. I admit I'm not familiar with Russian sources, but none of these seem particularly reliable to me (nonamer sites without a ruwiki article).

Ref 1 is the list of "Top 100 most influential Muslims in Russia", where Davlatov is featured in 2 sentences, nowhere near significant coverage. Refs 2 and 3 are from Eksmo, a publishing house he works with. Ref 4 is an interview with the entry piece being overly promotional. Ref 5 is another interview. This one has "Партнерский материал" at the bottom, meaning affiliated material. Likely another promo piece. Ref 6 is from SAMO which he founded. Ref 7 is from a magazine, which you have to subscribe to if you want to read. This brochure is available on their website, which is the film poster of a movie about himself, so probably just advertising given the logos on it. Ref 8 is about the aforementioned film, which he is greatly involved in. Likely promo as well given everything. The entire thing is on YouTube with 500 views btw. Refs 9 and 10 are from a book selling site that sells his two books. Refs 11 and 12 are about a school he funded, nothing about him in particular so not SIGCOV.

Given that there are no reliable, independent and significant sources about the subject, and that this is likely self-promotion just like the sources, I believe this person does not pass the GNG and is not notable. ~Styyx^Talk? 22:28, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and Tajikistan. ~Styyx^Talk? 22:28, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I don't see any reason to doubt Eksmo's claim that he's one of their bestselling authors, and this leads me to believe that he would pass WP:NAUTHOR for having multiple notable books. But there are no references to reviews in this article, and I don't know where to even start looking for mainstream or academic reviews of Tajik literature (google scholar was a 0). @Moem-Meom:, if you can find these, please let us know? -- asilvering (talk) 01:08, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails WP:GNG.--Kadı Message 16:04, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete lacks indepth sources fails WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 08:20, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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