Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lali Kandelaki

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:32, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Lali Kandelaki

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Google search does not produce any reliable sources. BLP prod tag removed twice without any sources being added. Current source mentions subject in passing. Mrfrobinson (talk) 03:29, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (country)-related deletion discussions. sst ✈ 05:31, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: She appears notable (Order of Georgia and her ballet awards meet WP:ANYBIO#1; multiple international principal roles meet WP:ENTERTAINER#1), and I've added a few minor sources and done some copyedits. The problem is that the page appears to be a blatant copyvio of <http://bolshoibelarus.by/all-news/news-archive/lali-kandelaki-georgia-in-laurencia>. Given the current AFD, I've not tagged/blanked it. Suggest withdrawing and copyvio-ing instead. Given evidence of notability, deletion should be without prejudice to re-creation. ^~~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~~ 05:09, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:17, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep obviously a prominent dancer and soloist with a long list of accomplishments and leading roles. Masterknighted (talk) 04:24, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:51, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —UY Scuti ^Talk 19:23, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: We have to ask ourselves if the award she won, the "Order of Honor" from the Georgian Ministry of Culture, is enough to meet WP:ANYBIO. I don't think it does. The NY Times source does not cover her in-depth, as it only mentions her a single time in a review that focused on another dancer, Nina Ananiashvili, which is a better example of a ballerina meeting GNG given the sources cited. A google search showed very little for Lali Kandelaki. Delta13C (talk) 21:04, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Order of Honor is a State Award and was awarded by the President (see https://www.president.gov.ge/en/Georgia/StateAwards) but presented by the Minister. The law is here. ^~~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~~ 06:54, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment she appears to have in depth coverage in non English language sources. I'm unable to currently go in depth with these, but I think caution is warranted in closing this AfD before those sources and databases have been consulted. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 05:48, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Someone is looking into these references for me, too:

However, if anyone else can read them (Since Google translate really butchers these languages, that's super, too. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 15:16, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The Russian source is quite in depth but it would take someone mote fluent than I to extract material from it with confidence. She has played several major roles in what look to be major productions and so shoule pass WP:WNT. The Order of Honor by itself does not, in my opinion, make her notable but it definitly supports the idea that her roles were major. The non-English sources are enough to pass GNG. Jbh ^Talk 17:29, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm going to vote keep based on the opinions of those who are able to read the articles. I got the impression from Google translate that she was covered heavily in the Russian article and it seemed to lend some weight that she's covered in the Georgian wiki, but I didn't want to trust the machine translation. The references support her GNG. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:44, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep perhaps even if not confidently as the article is somewhat still questionable but it may be keepable for now. SwisterTwister talk 05:13, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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