Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harvey Brownstone


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The result was   keep. Lankiveil (speak to me) 05:32, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Harvey Brownstone

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non-notable person. Courts of Justice in Canada are really the equivalent of County Courts or Magistrates Courts Ironholds (talk) 19:30, 25 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment The subject is also asserted to be a regular commentator in the national press (and a primary reference has been added, although I added a tag asking for more references), and is also a published author in his field, and also headed an apparently important government agency. This doesn't mean there are sources out there; it just means there might be sources out there. - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 19:34, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nja 247 09:10, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment - doesn't being a published author make this a moot discussion? Frank  |  talk  09:13, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable person. His book - Tug of War - is a subject of interest in Canada --Vejvančický (talk) 11:21, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per arguments above. 7 recent google news hits by Globe and Mail and New York times. 14 hits in google archive including toronto star, Canadian TV, chicago tribune. Ikip (talk) 15:38, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been added to the list of LGBT related deletions. Ikip (talk) 15:44, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * delete A family court judge whose book is at 205K+ on Amazon is not exactly a major author at all. A friend with a self-published book is at 32K, and I would not expect him to have a WP article.  Collect (talk) 16:29, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Neither friendship nor a set rank/quantity of books sold are what establish notability. For a slightly different perspective, Amazon.ca - the site that is for the country he lives in - lists the book at #321. I'm not aware that there is a minimum sales rank to establish notability, and let's remember that this is English Wikipedia, not United States of America Wikipedia. Frank  |  talk  18:09, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep His publications and/or their rankings on the Amazon sales site are not he notability... its found in the coverage of the man in multiple relaiable sources.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 20:46, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Closing admin please note There has been signifigant sourcing in the article since the article was put up for deletion. Ikip (talk) 09:08, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
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