Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Barrett (writer)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   keep. Spartaz Humbug! 04:34, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Frank Barrett (writer)

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Delete Not enough evidence that this meets notability guidelines Boleyn (talk) 23:30, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 13:16, 28 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Award winning writer/ editor (at a major market paper) and author. Seems to me to clearly meet notability guidelines and probably needs to be expanded. The article's sourcing certainly could be improved. ChildofMidnight (talk) 21:00, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, not actually "award winning", although he was nominated, as a cursory read of the article and sources would have shown. I'm not seeing any actual coverage of Barrett himself.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 07:12, 1 January 2010 (UTC).
 * You think the newspaper he works for keeps a dishonest biography of his achievments? That seems scandalous! Do you have any proof? ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:14, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * See for yourself. Lankiveil (speak to me) 07:21, 2 January 2010 (UTC).
 * Hmmmm... Is it possible he won it a different year? I couldn't find anything about it. But our article does say he was nominated for the award (which is some evidence of notability) and doesn't repeat his biography's claim. As an author and prominent figure in travel writing for decades at two major newspapers aren't the other achievments enough to establish notability? ChildofMidnight (talk) 16:50, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ( X! ·  talk )  · @303  · 06:16, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep Reviewed in New York Times "the book is superbly researched by Frank Barrett", making his writing meet minimum notability standards.  Collect (talk) 13:56, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Sufficient coverage of his notable work to meet the GNG's requirements. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 16:43, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
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