Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerald Glaskin


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The result was keep per WP:SNOW. (NAC) --J.Mundo (talk) 05:42, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Gerald Glaskin

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Borderline case. Guy wrote a dozen books, most of them not very popular. He also wrote a book that was banned in Australia. Can't see if that really makes him notable. I'm on the fence, but leaning towards this guy failing WP:BIO. ScienceApologist (talk) 16:51, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep - he seems to be a notable enough author in Australian literature. His passing was noted by a newspaper obit.  The google news snippet from a New York times article reads "Censorship was not a joke to playwright Gerald Glaskin, from Perth, Western Australia. He insisted th, at he would renounce his citizenship if the Mr. ...", so he notable enough to have caught the attention of the NY Times.  Much of his work predates the internet and I suspect might be in paper sources. -- Whpq (talk) 17:02, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:19, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
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 * Keep He has an entry in Gale's Contemporary Authors, which seals it for me. He also appears to have a profile in this book, but you can't really see much from the Google Books snippet. Zagalejo^^^ 19:18, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * comment - His name turns up quite a lot int he Google Book search, but the material is not in viewable so it's hard to gauge the level of coverage. But it certainly is indicative of paper sources being available. -- Whpq (talk) 19:36, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Notable per NYT. Notable per books written. Amazon even has the one I checked in the top million. Collect (talk) 21:35, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep In addition to the documentation above (and everyone in Gale's various literature Series' is notable), an admission in the nomination that something is borderline notable is a reason for keep not delete. DGG (talk) 23:04, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep there is no question as to his notability. There are significances and notability in the local Western Australian literary community alone - and in turn to do with Australian literature. To focus on the labels of sci fi and new age ideas is a total misreading of his context as a writer - first and foremost he was a closet gay who survived a very nasty era in Perth where anti gay attitudes and inhibitions were strong - then he was a prolific writer - the later new age and other tags are peripheral to the body of his main work - see http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search/X?SEARCH=Gerald+Glaskin&searchscope=1&Da=&Db=&p=&SORT=D - SatuSuro 02:14, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Clearly notable, I had no trouble at all finding secondary works which discuss his contribution to literature, including: Overland vol 164 Spring 2001 p74-77; 169 Summer 2002 p55-58 and Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide 14.6 (Nov-Dec 2007) p17-18, and that was just on a first online search on a journals database with his name. Also a West Australian article on 20 Dec 2001 which says "WA WRITER Gerald Glaskin's A Waltz Through the Hills was one of the most popular children's novels of the 1960s." I'm sure were I to look in literature journals either not surveyed by the database (Academic OneFile-GALE) or before the start of its coverage, I'd find even more references. (If those working on the article wish for copies of these pieces, send me an email and I'll send them by return.) Orderinchaos 08:45, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per sources listed above, clearly there is enough secondary coverage of Glaskin and his work that an article is justified. Lankiveil (speak to me) 05:11, 18 January 2009 (UTC).


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