Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boris Arbuzov

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Boris Arbuzov

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Kind of a uneeded DAB page-only one person while the other page is a link to a Russian wiki Wgolf (talk) 03:43, 12 May 2015 (UTC)WithdrawnWgolf (talk) 16:55, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am not very good at the policies of creation of disambiguation pages in en-wiki — I am more familiar with ru-wiki where such pages are allowed. So, if you decide that it should not exist in such form, it would be OK with me. The only argument is that an en-wiki article about Boris Arbuzov-chemist is highly desirable — he was a renowned chemist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of USSR, so eventually it will be created, and, therefore, you would need to re-create this disambiguation page. Formally, in terms of the "rank", Arbuzov-chemist is higher than Arbuzov-physicist; because of this, redirecting "Boris Arbuzov" → "Boris Arbuzov (physicist)" might not be a very good choice. — Adavyd (talk) 03:59, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - is this page up for deletion because there are only two names on it, and can just be directed toward the other by hatnote? Or because one of them is redlinked? In my view, redlinks are invitations to start an article, not an indication of low notability. I'm happy to make a page for the chemist. He's perfectly deserving.

YO 😜 04:57, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply

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• Keep As it was, it wasn't a valid dab. On en wiki, we only allow links to en wiki on disambiguation pages. Redlinks are fine, but need to meet
  MOS:DABMENTION, and this didn't. Therefore, the blue link could have been moved to the primary page. However, I felt that was a shame when we were aware that there was another notable scientist of this name and created an article. Not my area and I don't read Russian, so if anyone could help improve it, that would be great. It is now a valid dab with two valid entries. Boleyn (talk) 08:33, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply
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  • Thanks @
    YO 😜 09:42, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply
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• Withdrawn-thanks for all that, yeah you can't make a DAB page though with just one link hence why I put this up in the first place. Wgolf (talk) 16:55, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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