Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irving Karchmar


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The result was   delete. L Faraone  00:48, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Irving Karchmar

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 * Delete. After cleaning up this article to get a good look at what remains after the removal of clutter, and having searched the internet to see what Irving Karchmar has been doing, I am not convinced that he meets notability requirements. He has written a book, but it has received little publicity, is held by few libraries, and is mostly self-promoted. On Irving Karchmar himself there is almost nothing except blog stuff. George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 05:38, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. No apparent notability. --Merbabu (talk) 05:47, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep I see a lot of search results for this guy. I think he passes WP:GNG.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:37, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * -- Dear TonyTheTiger, please elaborate on the "search results" you say you saw. Thanks. I can't find anything meaningful except blogs and other relatively unimportant sites, many of which are related to the guy. George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 13:42, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Here are a few from page 1 of the google search and --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 10:56, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * --- Dear TonyTheTiger, thank you, but these are merely blogs that would be inadequate as Wikipedia references, let alone as evidence of notability. Regards,George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 11:18, 23 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep His novel is translated into more than six languages, he gives public lectures on Sufism, and I think he passes WP:GNG. -- Rayabhari (talk) 15:16, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * -- Dear Rayabhari, thanks, but please provide verifiable third-party evidence of the public lectures you say he gives. George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 06:13, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment There is no indication of any notability of this book. --Merbabu (talk) 05:16, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete as a major fail of WP:GNG, not a pass. The fact that a novel may or may not have been translated doesn't even translate (har har har) into automatic notability for the novel itself, much less the author. And of the three sources given, one is to Amazon, one is to a site promoting the book, and one is a one-sentence mention of his name one time because he had a local community speaking engagement. MezzoMezzo (talk) 03:49, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
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