Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Debra Dean


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 03:06, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

Debra Dean

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One novel does not, in most instances, make an author notable. This one certainly does not. While The Madonnas of Leningrad may be notable (although that is debatable), this author clearly does not pass either WP:GNG or WP:NAUTHOR. Prod was reverted without improvement.  Onel 5969  TT me 00:23, 26 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment meets wp:NAUTHOR: "The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of an independent and notable work (for example, a book, film, or television series, but usually not a single episode of a television series) or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews." Psyduck3 (talk) 00:27, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2018 May 26.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 00:38, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep as noted above she meets NP:Author. She has several works that have been covered substantially in reliavle independent sources. FloridaArmy (talk) 02:26, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment - please proved those substantial sources. Saying something is there, without proof, isn't really an argument.  Onel 5969  TT me 02:44, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Several examples are already cited in the article. An argument doesn't require proof. But there you have it. FloridaArmy (talk) 02:49, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 07:56, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 08:34, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 08:34, 26 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment, found wikiarticle on The Madonnas of Leningrad (it meets WP:NBOOK), have added to that article. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:19, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep because I've found and added some sources. If only people would take the trouble to find and add references to articles before they post them up, it could save everyone a lot of time that gets wasted in discussing notability. Deb (talk) 14:13, 26 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep Should qualify under WP:AUTHOR as she has multiple reviews for her books - The Madonnas of Leningrad, Confessions of a Falling Woman . Hzh (talk) 18:49, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep as she meets WP:NAUTHOR. L293D (☎ • ✎) 23:58, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment, oh look, someone has created an article on The Mirrored World, another notable book (come on coola it was you:))Coolabahapple (talk) 02:40, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep, meets WP:AUTHOR, has written notable books. Coolabahapple (talk) 02:44, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Dogpile keep. You might think that a good-faith due-diligence nominator, before trying to claim that an author was non-notable because only one book, would actually verify that they are the author of only one book. (Of course, it's the multiple reviews, not the multiple books, that makes this subject notable. But still. Getting such a basic thing wrong indicates a clear failure of WP:BEFORE. Especially since even the nominated version of the article lists four books.) —David Eppstein (talk) 04:50, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep as clearly notable author of multiple seriously-reviewed books. Pam  D  09:13, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment, "coola stop creating book articles! but Confessions of a Falling Woman is another notable book by Dean.":)) Coolabahapple (talk) 12:37, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per PamD et al. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by many administrators since 2006.   (talk) 13:51, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep notable as WP:AUTHOR with multiple non-trivial reviews, such as: In her excellent second novel, "The Mirrored World"... etc. K.e.coffman (talk) 19:10, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets NAUTHOR and GNG. Not sure about the claim she only wrote one notable book, looks like three. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs ) ~ 19:32, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:AUTHOR.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:18, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep since subject meets WP:NAUTHOR, unless my brain cells are playing games again. -The Gnome (talk) 20:36, 1 June 2018 (UTC)


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