Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edmund Bourne


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The result was   keep.  MBisanz  talk 23:25, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Edmund Bourne

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Unreferenced page about psychologist. Does not seem to meet notability guidelines - only google hits are amazon and somewhere called the "spirit site"... it could be that this person is suitably notable (the claim that the book has sold 600,000 may be alone, but does not seem to pass Notability (books)) Also, the page may well be an autobiography, or part of one. Richard Hock (talk) 13:37, 9 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Hard to tell without any supporting references, amazon sales ranks certainly don't seem to support his claims. Delete. --fvw *  13:42, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep – as shown here Dr. Bourne can make a claim through academics.  Though he does not have an overwhelming amount of citations, I believe he has established enough coverage for inclusion.  Thanks ShoesssS Talk 14:21, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * changed opinion to Keep per Shoessss, though definitely strip it of anything unsourced. --fvw *  14:23, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
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 * Delete. There are numerous self-help books out there. Having written one does not establish notability. JFW | T@lk  22:30, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Jfdwolff is right. Writing a self-help book doesn't make one notable, but writing an award-winning one is. - Mgm|(talk) 23:17, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. According to WorldCat, this book by him is in 671 libraries worldwide - The anxiety & phobia workbook. Several of his other books on anxiety are widely held.--Eric Yurken (talk) 15:07, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Provided that the Benjamin Franklin Award in Psychology is actually a worthwhile award. Weightchamp (talk) 02:22, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * delete the award doesn't have a wikipedia page, that is a bit illuminating.  the rest is highly questionable and seems pretty everyday to me, and thus non-notable.  find some verifiable evidence of notability and i'll change my mind, but i don't see it now.--Buridan (talk) 14:59, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment This seems to be a description of the Benjamin Franklin Award in Psychology. Richard Hock (talk) 17:53, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - I found some references for the BF Award . In trying to read the cites it looks like a majority of them only give the first paragraph.  However, looking through the publications I noticed the New York Times - Forbes - Philadelphia Inquire (This one maybe related the Franklin Institute).  Is the award on the same status level of the Nobel Peace Prize no, but they do seem to be on the national/international level.  ShoesssS Talk 18:29, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


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