Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arkaim (airline)

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The result was keep. WP:NONENG permits the usage of non-English sources if no other English sources can be found for verifiability purposes. MuZemike 16:33, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

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By the article's terms there's no indication of notability. Once they have established media coverage it will be appropriate. Shadowjams (talk) 08:18, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Weak Keep: As near as I can tell (Google translate only does so much) the references are legit but something in English would be better. There is a Russian version of the article, which is encouraging, but it is much shorter. Without any sources in English, it really needs people fluent in Russian to evaluate properly, and the article would of more interest to the Russian speaking population, so perhaps the Russian version should be developed first and then translated into English.--RDBury (talk) 08:12, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

:*Comment - It didn't have much in the way of sources when I found it, and I'm not useful at finding Russian language sources. My only concern at this point is that it is a very recently incorporated company. If this was a new band we'd be pretty critical of claims of importance--if it's a new business we should be careful that the sources indicate notability and aren't mere announcements. Shadowjams (talk) 04:25, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

:Keep I have expanded the article with sources. Whether they are in English or Russian is irrelevant and has no bearing on inclusion criteria on English wikipedia. I have written many articles on Russian subjects, using exclusively Russian sources, and which are much longer than the ru:wiki counterpart. As this is going to be the national airline of Bashkortostan, there is notability there straight away. --Russavia ^Dialogue 14:01, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

::What you're saying is true, there's no policy or even guideline about having only Russian sources. It just makes the verifiability criterion hard to evaluate.--RDBury (talk) 19:24, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

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