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346:-related issues. Though one might hope that more is found about this individual's youth in the USSR, as being able to share her growing up as a Jew in an anti-semetic country and then managing to excape to the west would likely be quite helpful for Knowledge (XXG) readers in increasing their understanding of the subject, it is in what she has done as an adult that shows notability. In its now-improved state, it can be seen that the young woman has made a mark for herself. 290:
Sourcing is weak, and it is a resumé with a very promotional tone rather than a biography, which would have sourced info about place and date of birth, education, and family. She somehow sprang into existence in 1994 and had a series of jobs since then. There is much name dropping: notability is not
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Only the first 2 references amount to significant coverage in reliable and independent sources. Most sourcing is either press releases from the business, like a press release reprinted in "Thai Business Journal" or passing references, or refs about some film which she worked on which do not
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and her family background and education in that now-non-existant political entity will be quite difficult to obtain. This also explains why the chronologicaly subsequent information available in the US toward her life and achievements is so much more readily
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specifically mention her, or directory listings, or winner of some award given to dozens of recipients per year by The Christophers. Yet there is just enough meat there in the first two refs plus bits of info from the others to satisfy
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for all the reasons listed above. Hers is a remarkable career, and references already make the grade. An editor willing to follow through and make this article realize its potential will have accomplished something quite worthwhile.
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and numerous available reliable sources toward expansion and improvement... both in the article and on line. Yes, indeed... the article appears to have been written by someone totally unfamiliar with
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my nomination to delete this article. Hopefully, this shows that it takes more than a list of notable achievements to make a biographical article encyclopedic.
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Nominator's reasons are ridiculous. All notable people have their career achievements listed in their article. Ample references in article already.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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has now been set in context as part of her overall notability in it reflecting her work and activism in
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inherited from being employed in the production of a movie, or by association with Stephen Spielberg.
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This article is no more than a resume for Ms Verkhovskaya. Knowledge (XXG) is an encyclopedia,
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Sourcing improved, and some biographical details have been added, so changing to
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and managed to flee from the then-existing country to the United States as a
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I was able to learn that the individual aparently was born and raised in the
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not the place to the post your resume or to promote one's achievements
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It follows and is reasonable to understand why sources addressing a
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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