Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Pomerantz


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. Concerns about notability and meeting WP:AUTHOR have not been adequately addressed. -Scottywong | soliloquize _ 17:40, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Jack Pomerantz

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Pomerantz is a European Jew who fled the Nazis, an experience shared by thousands if not millions. His experience does not appear in any way unique, other than the fact that he published a memoir about it. The memoir has been reviewed, and has been used as source material in other books, because such histories always seek out first hand accounts of the events. The discussion of his book in Bergen's War & Genocide is simply as one source among many. There doesn't appear to be evidence that the book, or its author, are especially notable. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:07, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete: Does not meet WP:AUTHOR. Tchaliburton (talk) 16:22, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets WP:AUTHOR as author of a book that has received significant critical attention within the field of Holocaust studies, being reviewed at length in the most significant journals (is also reviewed in Dimensions: A Journal of Holocaust Studies, as Google Books shows). Also frequently cited by other works, as Google and Books search show. --Colapeninsula (talk) 17:21, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Colapeninsula, can you link or cite the significant journals his book was reviewed in? Maybe I'm missing it but these links/citations do not appear to appear in the article. Volunteer Marek 18:35, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Second that. More sources needed to verify the work. University of Illinois Press is a notable publisher, but that's not enough. I'd also suggest rewriting this article as an entry on a book; after, it is the book which has received the (gf alleged) "significant critical attention", not him. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 21:02, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Neutral until this question is answered (by any editor). - Jorgath (talk) (contribs) 21:08, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  — Frankie (talk) 17:04, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  — Frankie (talk) 17:04, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * Rename and restructure as an article on the book. as the book is published by a University Press the subject matter can be expected to be notable.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:53, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:21, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Comment I don't understand Peterkingiron's argument that a book "published by a University Press ... can expected to be notable." The university may have wished to publish the work as part of an effort to document the experiences of Jews in the Holocaust, but that does not make the particular events of the book, or its author, notable.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:20, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:01, 11 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete as currently written, contains insufficient evidence that the subject passes WP:BIO. But allow recreation of an article about the book if that has indeed been as widely reviewed as is contended above.  Sandstein   07:23, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.