Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dale Pendell (2nd nomination)


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The result was   keep, withdrawn. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:11, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Dale Pendell
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Non-notable fringe author and poet. Very little impact at Google Books and Google Scholar; an article about his book series was deleted (prod) as non-notable in 2007. Almost no presence at Google News Archive; I found one review of one of his books by the Los Angeles Times. The only reference in the article is a video of a lecture he gave at Burning Man. MelanieN (talk) 23:34, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep per WP:AUTHOR #3 (multiple reviews). Added sources. Pharmako Trilogy has the most copies in print among his works. The series would probably pass notability now, but reasonable to discuss in his bio article. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 05:08, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for adding those references. They do include one review by a Reliable Source, the Los Angeles Times. I don't see the rest as adding anything to his notability, per WP:42. The mere fact that he has books in print does not amount to notability. --MelanieN (talk) 14:16, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Whole Earth, Booklist, Rain Taxi, Village Voice (and arguably Psychedelic Press UK on this topic) are reliable sources. Multiple reviews demonstrate author notability per WP:AUTHOR #3. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 14:46, 25 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep per sources identified by Green Cardamom. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 17:03, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Withdraw nomination The Village Voice now added to the LA Times makes two indisputably Reliable Sources, and both provide significant coverage. That meets WP:42. Thanks for the improvements to the article, Green Cardamom. --MelanieN (talk) 17:51, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - for all reasons stated before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashwinr (talk • contribs) 20:35, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
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