Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elena Dahl


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The result was delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Daniel (talk) 22:06, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Elena Dahl

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WP:BLP of a writer, not properly sourced as passing WP:AUTHOR. The main notability claim on offer here is that her work exists, which isn't automatically enough in the absence of sufficient coverage and analysis about her work to get her over WP:GNG -- but the only reference cited here is a primary source that isn't support for notability at all. As I don't read Swedish, I'm perfectly willing to withdraw this if somebody with better access to archived Swedish media coverage than I've got can find enough to salvage it -- but nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt her from having to have better referencing than this. Bearcat (talk) 14:11, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Women,  and Sweden. Bearcat (talk) 14:11, 25 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello,
 * I think that ISBN to my books can meet the case, but pl let me know if you need additional information:
 * 1 Seven Russian poets in Stockholm: ISBN 91-7906-004-8
 * 2 Collection of poems "Summer time and Winter Clocks": ISBN 9189424069 (1999), ISBN 91-89424360 (2000)
 * 3 Novel "Always returning to you", ISBN 978-91-7327-089-2
 * My translations of Swedish poets are published in four literary magazines. Shall I provide publication years/numbers?
 * My membership in Swedish Writers' Union can be confirmed by the Union. My Ph D about Boris Pasternak is from 1978, it can be confirmed by Göteborg University, the only number I can find is 9 9901417317. If you search my name (Dahl, Elena) in Libris, the database of all books in Swedish libraries, you will find a complete list of my published work.
 * Sincerely
 * Elena Dahl 178.174.247.84 (talk) 21:56, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * A writer's notability is not established by citing the article to the publication details of her own work as proof that it exists — a writer's notability is established by third party coverage about her and her books in media, as proof that they've been externally validated as culturally significant by somebody other than the writer's own employers. Bearcat (talk) 12:30, 26 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Delete I searched in 2 major Swedish newspapers (Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter) for her name and got nothing. I don't speak Swedish so I can't go further than that, but we would need 3rd party sources to keep this. (I think WP is being confused with LinkedIn, which is designed for self-promotion.) Lamona (talk) 15:37, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete Doesn't satisfy WP:GNG MaskedSinger (talk) 05:38, 2 May 2024 (UTC)


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