The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. (Quotes don't need merging - they're not the work of a Wikipedia author, and GFDL doesn't apply when moving them from one article to another). --Sam Blanning^(talk) 13:57, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yerzhan Ashykbayev (discussion|history|protect|delete|undelete|logs|links)

Non-notable individual whose article would not have been created had he not criticized Sacha Baron Cohen for his Borat performances. I would suggest merging any useful info into Kasymzhomart Tokayev, but none of this is particularly meaningful or notable, so just delete. KazakhPol 17:30, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In my view the only relevant information here is with regard to Borat. I vote for the quotation to be merged into the Borat article and for this article to be deleted. -- Hux 18:50, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge per proposal. - Francis Tyers · 19:15, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep and expand - He's not only relevant within the Borat debate, but because of his role. I say that if every U.S. Congressperson gets a page, Ashykbayev deserves one as well. Straughn 18:12, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that Ashykbayev is the Foreign Ministry spokesman, not the Foreign Minister. The Foreign Minister is Kasymzhomart Tokayev. KazakhPol 19:42, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As KazakhPol implies, US members of Congress and Kazakh foreign ministry spokesmen are not equivalent in importance. The US parallel to Ashykbayev would be Gonzalo R. Gallegos, spokesman for the U.S. Dept. of State, who does not have a Wiki article, so under your logic Ashykbayev shouldn't have one either. -- Hux 05:09, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

delete Zaparojdik 23:16, 9 November 2006

• Delete - Unless this individual has a greater claim to fame than his condemnation of Borat, there is no reason for him to have a separate article.Aelfthrytha 11:12, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Neutral I think Foreign Ministry spokesman of every country is notable enough to be included in Wikipedia. However, it's very hard to expand the current article. Most of the search results are only related to his comments about Borat. Jahangard 20:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per KazakhPol and Aelfthrytha. --AlefZet 05:34, 12 November 2006 (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.