Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James B. Golden


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 13:51, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

James B. Golden

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Biography on non-notable author (fails WP:BIO) with written by an editor with a Confilct of interest. Subject is "most famous" for winning a non-notable poetry award for his (to date) only published work. All the references are linked to the subject's personal blog (Fails WP:RS and WP:COI once again) or commercial websites, urging prospective viewers to purchase the book (Fails WP:LINKSPAM and WP:PROMOTION). None of the information within the article is appears within the external links, which only further worsens the WP:OR violation.  Flewis (talk) 10:01, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment = The book is published by iUniverse, which is a self-publishing corporation. The book is available through Barnes and Noble online because B&N is an investor in iUniverse.  Searching for "Langston Hughes Literary Award" "California State University" "Pan-African Studies Writing Program" on Google turns up only this Wiki page.  Flopsy Mopsy and Cottonmouth (talk) 11:10, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Further research = The Langston Hughes literary awards in 2008 went to John Mark Connolly in fiction and Stephen Bunch in poetry. If there is a Langston Hughes award given by CSU-Northridge, it's not distinguished, since Google doesn't turn up a trace of it..  The Golden Machine is James Golden's weblog.  Kapu-Sens is a small literary review put out by the program he attends (or attended, it's not clear).  The list of editors for the Hip Hop Think Tank Journal doesn't show Golden.  His attendance at the National Council for Black Studies Conference was as one of several speakers on a panel.  (Heck, I've been a speaker at a panel!  Where's my wiki article? :)  He's not on the list of notable speakers at the 2008 National Hip Hop Political Convention, but he could have spoken there as a non-notable person.  (Although if the groups he works with consider him non-notable...)  Flopsy Mopsy and Cottonmouth (talk) 01:28, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete = I think I've convinced myself that this article fails our notability and verifiability requirements. Flopsy Mopsy and Cottonmouth (talk) 01:29, 10 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom.  Fails WP:N and WP:V. Themfromspace (talk) 20:34, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:02, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Barely makes the notable cut. Article needs improvement. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:40, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I was wrong. Not notable enough. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:50, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 17:50, 13 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Fails WP:N and WP:V. Paste (talk) 17:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete may be a speedy g11 Duffbeerforme (talk) 16:01, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.   -- Raven1977 (talk) 05:37, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable. --T*85 (talk) 05:58, 18 November 2008 (UTC)


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