Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Runet Prize

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The result was keep. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 20:58, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Runet Prize

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This a single source to the awards website. It's stuffed with embedded external links. I can't see anything reliable and independent that suggests this award has Notability. KJP1 (talk) 19:49, 20 March 2018 (UTC) moved from MfD as a housekeeping action Legacypac (talk) 19:52, 20 March 2018 (UTC) Legacypac (talk) 19:52, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep-exists in 4 other language Wikipedias, anomaly given Russia's press freedom history...--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 01:36, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:45, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:45, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep; it has been ages since I worked on this. I know that we should not reference ourselves, but this is a prize WikimediaRU has won before. Other technology giants, such as Kaspersky and other agencies such as the Mayor of Moscow have won this prize. As Kintetsubuffalo stated, given how the advance of Russian internet is heavily backdropped against the issues of press and speech freedom, in light of the recent reelection of Putin, having an award given out by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media, the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media, among others, is quite rare. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 09:46, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:33, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, in the absence of any independent sourcing. I'm only seeing passing mentions. SpinningSpark 20:49, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep its a government sponsored award. I happened to handle a page that mentioned it. I see no value in removing the info from English wikipedia when an English reader looking for info in Englisg is more likely to find the info here than in Russian sources. Just clean up the links. Legacypac (talk) 21:07, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, I totally agree to above comment.--31.173.188.190 (talk) 04:50, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This article needs to be rewritten and better sourced, and the external links removed, however, as per Legacypac's rationale, there doesn't seem a compelling reason to completely eliminate it. Chetsford (talk) 19:40, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.