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The result was keep. ✗plicit 13:10, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sofia Zhukova[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG. Brief search for significant coverage mainly turns up various tabloids. Russian sources cited are state-owned (AiF.ru is owned by the city of Moscow), and as such are not independent in criminal matters. There is a brief mention in a book from a niche publisher specializing in "True Crime | Thriller | Mystery | Sci-Fi/Fantasy | History | Horror | Memoir". Sangdeboeuf (talk) 03:24, 10 February 2022 (UTC) edited 04:37, 12 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Google turns up a fair bit more than that. I'll leave it to others to determine whether she's notable, or just newsworthy. Star Garnet (talk) 03:43, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:40, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - I disagree that Lenta.ru and Gazeta.ru are unreliable for this specific case, because it does not have any specific political aspect to it that would necessarily make them unreliable based on being owned ultimately by state-owned Sberbank. Looking for other coverage I see that it the case was covered in the Ukrainian media, in multiple sources. The non-tabloid, state-owned outlets Vesti.ru and RIA-Novosti also covered the story. Since this is a purely domestic, criminal story, there is no reason to believe that these sources will be unreliable on this topic. We should always keep in mind that different sources are reliable for different things - I would not rely on any of these sources for information about Russia's aggression in Ukraine, but for a simple criminal story I see no reason not to. Even without this, the Ukrainian coverage (one of Zhukova's victims was Ukrainian) shows notability by itself. FOARP (talk) 14:10, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Appears to satisfy WP:GNG. Serial killers are usually notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:39, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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