Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Blacker


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The result was   keep. Consensus is that the subject is notable for the awards hs has received, the books he has published, and the coverage he and his books have received in reliable sources. Mkativerata (talk) 18:17, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

David Blacker

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Author which won one minor award for one book. Travelbird (talk) 09:43, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep. I have added a reference to the article for the State Literary Award, which, being described by the source as "Sri Lanka’s highest form of book recognition", is about as far from being a minor award as you can get. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:10, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per my expansion and Phil Bridger. Blacker has garnered significant coverage in, , and , thus conferring notability. Blacker also passes WP:AUTHOR (#3) for his book A Cause Untrue and WP:ACADEMIC (#2) for the State Literary Awards, a national award. Goodvac (talk) 09:54, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Book with extremely minor RS press coverage fails WP:BK.  Author fails WP:AUTHOR.  No notability for other writings or activities asserted or demonstrated. Qworty (talk) 18:56, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. How are articles about the subject and his works in national newspapers "extremely minor"? And how does the State Literary Award not pass WP:BK criterion 2 (for the book) and WP:ANYBIO criterion 1 (for the author)? Phil Bridger (talk) 20:33, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. The RS offered are nothing more than two small newspapers, both of them in Sri Lanka, and the "State Literary Award" hardly fulfills the "prestigious literary award" criterion of WP:BK--the fact is that 39 of these "State Literary Awards" are given out in Sri Lanka every year, and that even in Sri Lanka they are considered something of a joke . Qworty (talk) 04:34, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. So you're saying that three well-established national newspapers are not reliable sources, but an anonymous blog posting is? Phil Bridger (talk) 16:23, 20 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep more or less anyone who wrote a book that was published and sold should get an article Benqish (talk) 15:06, 20 January 2011 (UTC).
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