Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fred Waitzkin


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure)  Ya  sh  !   13:18, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Fred Waitzkin

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Still questionable for the needed solid independent notability and my searches at Books, News, browsers and Highbeam are not finding anything better than expected mentions, nothing at all confidently better to improve this article. At best, this could (whether deleted entirely or not) be redirected to either his son or the film especially since it seems he's best known for the book-film. SwisterTwister  talk  06:51, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
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 * Keep notable author, verifiable through multiple cited references to reliable, independent, secondary sources, of which I have added a dozen citations (plenty of more also on Highbeam); meets criterion #3 for creative professionals as the author of the book Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess that was turned into the Academy Award-nominated film Searching for Bobby Fischer. Sam Sailor Talk! 21:18, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep per Sam Sailor, clearly notable. SwisterTwister, did you do any research at all? It could have easily confirmed notability. ThePlatypusofDoom  (Talk) 21:39, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Sources sufficient to establish notability. --Michig (talk) 08:10, 22 May 2016 (UTC)


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