Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David R. Godine


 * 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 Keep. It may make more sense to have the article focus on the company rather than the individual but that can be dealt with on the article talk page. JoshuaZ 23:20, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

David R. Godine

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This is a textbook case to assist exclusionists who are unfamiliar with an area of knowledge. Men and women who read Modern American poetry certainly know the story of Godine. Yes, the article is poorly written, but the man is highly notable. Did the exclusionist who tagged it for deletion visit his official website and see how this man is carrying a great number of American master poets on his catalog. Strong keep. Wmjuntunen 21:33, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

FROM: William Juntunen to  order@godine.com, info@godine.com DATE: Aug 21, 2007 5:50 PM SUBJECT:  Wikipedia article for David R. Godine on Wikipedia threatened with deletion Hi I was reading a Garrison Keillor daily Writer's Almanac, and the poet was published by David Godine.

http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/programs/2007/08/13/index.html#wednesday

Well, I wanted to know who that was, and I turned to the Wikipedia. Alas, there was an article on the Wikipedia, but it is nominated for deletion due to lack of notability. There is a group of vigilante editors known as exclusionists who flag anything about which they know little. Anyways, I wanted to report this to your publishing house, hoping that you have resources to fill out the biography, maybe with an official biography of the man? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Godine Wmjuntunen 21:27, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete There is nothing in the article that makes a case for its notability. --Hooperbloob 03:29, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 11:48, 28 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per lack of coverage from independent sources Corpx 14:14, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep and Rename. Just on August 26th, one of the publisher's books was reviewed in the Sunday book review of the New York Times. There's a slew of articles referring to the publisher on Google news, and it gets lots of Google hits as well. The company is notable (they also acquired Black Sparrow Books, check out their impressive author roster!), but this is a biography of the founder, who I do not believe is notable. Thus the article should be reworked to be about David R. Godine as the company and not the man, and perhaps renamed to reflect that, such as David R. Godine Publishers. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 14:53, 28 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep. It will evolve to something better. M.V.E.i. 16:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep and speedy close. This is a malformed AfD as there is no nomination. --Malcolmxl5 22:45, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Eliz81 above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ealdgyth (talk • contribs) 13:10, August 29, 2007 (UTC)


 * 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.