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The result was redirect‎ to Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. The decision whether to merge or not can now be done editorially by any interested editor (and discussed at the talk page of Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko), as the content has been preseved behind the redirect at Igor the Assassin (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Daniel (talk) 22:22, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Igor the Assassin (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Having had a read of the sources the article contains, the second source is a tertiary source that quotes News of The World as its source (hardly reliable) and the third source appears to be effectively a blog post that on a read through is incredibly poor quality. The only other source is a book written by the wife of Alexander Litvinenko; I don't have access to the book so can't confirm whether it even discusses "Igor" at all.

Frankly the subject of the article appears to be a complete fabrication by the tabloid press. CoconutOctopus talk 17:31, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete highly speculative without reliable sources castorbailey (talk) 19:28, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:51, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:52, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:52, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as one potential source does not an article make. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 20:46, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and redirect to Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. Absolutely no need for a separate article. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:41, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  I would argue against a merge; I don't think the GA-rated article about the poisoning would benefit from adding tabloid-sourced rumours. CoconutOctopus talk 20:23, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect and add a sentence. I have a copy of the book and it does not mention this supposed person at all. However, this is kind of a weird note, the full name of this supposed assassin (Igor Vlasov) is mentioned in a few sources in the aftermath, having supposedly been on papers he was carrying in the immediate aftermath of the death.
  • https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/british-investigators-face-russian-obstacles/
  • https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-06-fg-poison6-story.html
  • He's mentioned in a different book, "The Litvinenko File : Politics, Polonium and Russia's war with itself"
  • https://www.smh.com.au/world/poisoned-former-spys-russian-contact-out-of-reach-in-hospital-20061207-gdozts.html
• All mention an "Igor Vlasov" as being an initial suspect. Almost certainly more mentions in Russian. Mention as a footnote, maybe? Definitely not a full article but it does seem to have been reliably noted. It does seem like this guy existed. PARAKANYAA (talk) 21:30, 20 December 2023 (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.