Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James D'Agostino


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The result was delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Liz Read! Talk! 23:10, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

James D'Agostino

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Notability is not established here refs include his own PhD thesis and the University gazeteer entry for him but very little that reliably and independently discusses him. Searches found nothing other than his publications although some results unavailable to me here in Europe. Appears to fail WP:GNG  Velella  Velella Talk 20:54, 29 March 2024 (UTC) keep Don't agree that "it's difficult to establish notability for poetry" leads directly to "so delete." He's got quite a few books, and the Anthony Hecht prize itself is notable. Al Alvarez, John Ashbery, Seamus Heaney, Thom Gunn, Donald Hall, Anthony Hecht, Donald Justice, Charles Simic, Mark Strand, Richard Wilbur, that's pretty impressive company. Definitely notable. Will follow up. https://waywiser-press.com/authors/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Duenke (talk • contribs) 14:23, 30 March 2024 (UTC)  — Duenke (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and Authors.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 21:18, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails NACADEMIC. Bhivuti45 (talk) 21:20, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete. Poetry is a difficult field to become notable for. Many of the prizes in this field are of the form "submit your poems to our contest and if you win we will publish your chapbook" and are not the sort of national recognition that would pass WP:PROF. Otherwise, to become notable in this area the most likely paths would be some kind of distinguished professorship and WP:PROF (not the case here) or multiple published reviews of multiple of the subject's books and WP:AUTHOR (but my searches found none of these). —David Eppstein (talk) 21:52, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Poetry, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,  and Missouri.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  01:06, 30 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Went in and linked a few things; would propose the subject meets two of the criteria for notability of academics: "The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level" and "The person has been the head or chief editor of a major, well-established academic journal in their subject area." Duenke (talk) 15:12, 30 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Keep D'Agostino taught a masterclass at Wells College as part of the Visiting Writers Series, which "began as a tradition to bring established writers and poets to Wells as early as 1973 and has since grown into an established program with state funding." EdithRigatoni (talk)
 * A writer teaching a seminar or giving a guest lecture is just the kind of thing that writers do. (You can't pay the rent in exposure, after all.) It might or might not be a significant honor. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 22:21, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete - insufficiently notable - so far. Do all winners of the Hecht prize qualify for Wikipedia bios? Apparently not. Also, the Hecht prize's notability in of itself might be questionable - there is no standalone article featuring the Hecht prize as there is with some other notable prizes. Does one or two criteria for academics qualify if another few weak, non-notable prizes are included? I would say it is inching towards sufficiently notable, but just not all the way there.WmLawson (talk) 00:52, 2 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Delete - no evidence of WP:GNG and lacking coverage from reliable independent sources.Contributor892z (talk) 12:29, 5 April 2024 (UTC)


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