Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diana May-Waldman


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The result was   delete. While there is a comment about a couple of awards, they don't seem to be verifiable through reliable sources. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  01:05, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Diana May-Waldman

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Only books involved in are WP:SELFPUB. Journalism award appears minor. Was deleted once under CSD. ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 20:50, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:40, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete I didn't find any reviews of her works published by independent and reliable sources. Nothing indicates particular notability for this person. In my opinion, the subject fails the notability criteria for authors. --Vejvančický (talk) 07:18, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

LitReviewer2 (talk) 02:28, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * keep Ms. May-Waldman's awards were stated to be "minor", which seems insulting, as she won awards two years in a row from the Society of Professional Journalists (added as text to the article). She has also had poetry published in many literary magazines. LitReviewer2 (talk) 00:25, 18 March 2010 (UTC). For independent reviews, check review of book at http://www.storycirclebookreviews.org/reviews/womansong.shtml., and at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Womans-Song-Diana-May-Waldman/dp/1615460233/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269008353&sr=8-2--LitReviewer2
 * Delete I could not find any verification of the awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. The link is merely to the society's website, and a search of that website for her name turns up nothing. The rest of the references are either to non-reliable sources (e.g. the reviews of her book on blogs), or else they simply serve to establish that she does in fact write for a (small local) newspaper. Her main claim to fame seems to be her book of poetry, A Woman's Song, but it was recently deleted as non-notable; see Articles for deletion/A Woman's Song. I suggested at that time that the author herself might turn out to be notable, but she isn't - not according to what is on the record so far. --MelanieN (talk) 21:03, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
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