Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Emily Tamkin


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The result was no consensus. Eddie891 Talk Work 21:44, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Emily Tamkin

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Non-notable journalist. There is a more detailed draft which also does not establish biographical notability. This article cannot be moved to draft space, but the draft can be kept if this article is deleted. Neither this article nor a naïve Google search shows significant coverage by independent sources. Naïve Google search shows that she has written a biography of George Soros. We knew that, and it does not establish notability as an author. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:27, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:27, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete per WP:AUTHOR, Tamkin does not appear to have "created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work," and I have only found reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, which were in the article, and this does not appear to be the necessary "multiple independent periodical articles or reviews," and similarly, per WP:JOURNALIST, there appears to be evidence that she is a journalist, but not that she meets the guideline, and it does not appear she has received WP:BASIC secondary coverage in multiple independent and reliable sources. Beccaynr (talk) 00:55, 31 March 2021 (UTC) Strike !vote per pburka's comment. Beccaynr (talk) 03:36, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:AUTHOR and WP:GNG. Chirota (talk) 17:48, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * * Delete. I agree. --Greysonsarch (talk) 18:12, 5 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep, or move to The Influence of Soros. Her book is notable, having been reviewed by Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Times of Israel, Jewish Insider, and The Critic. For sole authors of one notable book, my inclination is to keep the author's page and redirect the book, but the other way around works, too. pburka (talk) 20:52, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I've written a short essay about why it's preferable to have an article about the author and a redirect from the title of her notable book. pburka (talk) 22:55, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * comment Kirkus and Publishers Weekly are independent reliable sources. in addition you have coverage, with interview by the Atlantic Council, and Jewish News of Northern California. Hartsseeks (talk) 18:31, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Keeping would mean that notability was inherited from the book, but the book doesn't even have it's article (that's like a negative double whammy for notability). The article on the book can be started independently. It's not immediately clear that the present content would form a satisfactory article on the book, but it is immediately clear that the subject isn't notable on it's own merits. — Alalch Emis (talk) 17:57, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * wp:NAUTHOR - 3: "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." Hartsseeks (talk) 18:26, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * So you would support keeping it if we also had an article about her book? If that's your position, I'll be happy to create that page. pburka (talk) 18:51, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:AUTHOR because she has "created [...] a [...] well-known work [...] [that has] been the primary subject of [...] multiple independent periodical articles or reviews; as noted above, this includes Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and The Times of Israel, which provides additional in-depth context on the book, and The Critic, which also mentions some background on Tamkin as a journalist. Beccaynr (talk) 23:00, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Notability is not inherited. Riteboke (talk) 08:38, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Are you arguing that artists aren't notable for producing notable art? That contradicts WP:NAUTHOR#3 and WP:ANYBIO#2. pburka (talk) 15:50, 13 April 2021 (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.