Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brenda Watson (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. The Bushranger One ping only 02:49, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Brenda Watson
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Article does not meet WP:GNG or WP:BLP. Old BLP and GNG tags from 2008 still reflect the current problems with the article. Sources do not establish notability and provide poor biographical significance. Delta13C (talk) 18:17, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep She easily passes WP: AUTHOR as a New York Times bestselling author. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 20:41, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
 * WP:AUTHOR does not include the criterion of being an author of a book that makes a bestseller list. There are discussions going on at WP:Notability_(books), but there is no rule yet. I think it is a better policy not to simply use inclusion in a bestseller list to establish notability of a book, as these are based purely on sale volume. Even if we were to use the NYTimes bestseller list, the subject's book would be notable, and not the author of it. According to WP:AUTHOR in this case, the subject the person must be "known for originating a significant new concept, theory, or technique" or their book must be the subject of "multiple independent periodical articles or reviews" or "The person's work (or works) either...(c) has won significant critical attention." There are other criteria, but I don't think they could possibly apply in this case. Delta13C (talk) 08:23, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 20:28, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 20:28, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 20:28, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  17:14, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete One book, made the "self help" list for two weeks in 2007, then she seems to have faded away. We know that the lists are not scientific, so I wouldn't rely on that alone for notability. LaMona (talk) 03:56, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - As News, Books, browsers and Highbeam all actually found enough links to suggest a better article here but nothing at Scholar, all in all, though examining these is actually not suggesting a better article at all as they're simply passing mentions and coverage. SwisterTwister   talk  08:01, 11 December 2015 (UTC)


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