Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geoffrey Girard

Geoffrey Girard

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Appears to fail WP:GNG & WP:NAUTHOR. Most sources were either WP:INTERVIEWS or simply do not establish notability. Did not find any independent reliable sources. The article itself is very promotional, and was majorly written by individuals using SPAs with a COI that are closely tied to the subject. If article is kept, it will need a major rewrite. ⁂CountHacker (talk) 08:45, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. ⁂CountHacker (talk) 08:48, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ohio-related deletion discussions. ⁂CountHacker (talk) 08:50, 16 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Keep. Girard's works are reviewed a number of times in Publishers Weekly (link to all the reviews, plus an interview with him), Booklist (links 1 and 2, but there are more), Library Journal (link) and Kirkus Reviews (search results). And that's barely scratching the reviews of his fiction out there. In addition, the nonfiction book he wrote with Thomas Lockley, African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, has been reviewed in the Washington Post, The Houston Chronicle, Library Journal, Booklist, and a large number of other places. Finally, Girard has an entry in Contemporary Authors. This author so easily meets the WP:Author notability guidelines that I wonder if a search for reviews and coverage was even done.--SouthernNights (talk) 12:39, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm interested in Girard's work with Hitchcock's plans to film Mary Rose. I agree that this article needs work, but I was happy to find something on Girard in Wiki. 2600:8800:730C:A900:28D5:BE9F:93E6:2983 (talk) 09:22, 17 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Keep. Per WP:author "played a major tole in co-creatiing a significant or well known work...such work must have been the primary subject of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews". There is a plethora of work from the BBC, CNN, and other websites that use or talk about the African Samurai book alone. Likewise, he has won awards for his other works. He has also received media attention for his work overall Chrhns (talk) 23:46, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

His work may be notable, that does not mean he is. Slatersteven (talk) 13:34, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I disagree. Given that his work with Lockley, controversial as it is in both sides of the Pacific at the moment, is known enough to establish notability as authors of such work, so I suggest we keep this and Thomas Lockley. --Jnglmpera (talk) 13:57, 17 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Per WP:Author, a creative person is notable if any of several criteria are met, including having "won significant critical attention." Girard easily meets this criteria. SouthernNights (talk) 14:18, 17 July 2024 (UTC)