Talk:Gennady Danilenko

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This article was nominated for deletion on 10 March 2026. The result of the discussion was speedy keep.

A fact from Gennady Danilenko appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 March 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a Russian law professor died due to a cocaine balloon bursting in his stomach?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2026/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gennady Danilenko.

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath (talk) 09:23, 20 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

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... that a Russian law professor died due to a cocaine balloon bursting in his stomach?

Source: George, Maryanne (21 April 2001). "The law prof's double life". The Gazette. Knight Ridder. p. 27. Retrieved 19 February 2026.

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Moved to mainspace by Nighfidelity (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Nighfidelity (talk) 16:25, 19 February 2026 (UTC).Reply

In theory, this article is eligible for DYK. It fulfills the requirements of length and being recently created, and the sources match the information. Certainly the hook will attract attention. However, I have concerns about the notability of the article. Most of the article is not dedicated to any of his achievements, but rather his bizarre death. The description of his death is brief, and his death had no long-lasting consequences (most of the sources in the article come from the year of his death, with none recent). One article describes him as a "a widely published international law scholar", but if so, there should be more sources dedicated to his life or reviewing his work. Jaguarnik (talk) 09:25, 3 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

I took it to WP:AFD. Only way to move forward on this one is to let the community determine notability in a deletion discussion. If it survives we can move forward with review. It it doesn't obviously, this hook would be rejected.4meter4 (talk) 16:58, 10 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

I will complete the review once the AFD discussion is closed.Jaguarnik (talk) 19:52, 13 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Jaguarnik: AFD closed with a WP:CONSENSUS view that the topic passes WP:NAUTHOR. I encouraged the nominator to add the book reviews to the article located during the AFD, and Nighfidelity did so. The article reads much less like a scandal page now that more content on his publications has been added. I think the article is now in a much better state, so this exercise was beneficial. Best.4meter4 (talk) 03:29, 15 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Article looks much better. Good to go. Jaguarnik (talk) 05:12, 15 March 2026 (UTC)Reply