Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jason Elliot


 * 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 keep. General consensus to keep among the participants, who have added sources for the subject's notability concerns. (non-admin closure) st170e talk 00:14, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Jason Elliot

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Delete: dubious notability as travel writer; wrote only two books; only of which (Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys in Iran) was reviewed. known and/or reviewed. Quis separabit? 09:24, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:06, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment - "wrote only two books" and?, WP:NAUTHOR does not require writing more than two books ie. "3.The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work.", a good example of this is Harper Lee. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:10, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep, meets WP:NAUTHOR, reviews include: An Unexpected Light - New York Times - "An Unexpected Light is often unexpectedly funny and constantly perceptive, but it is also profound.", Mirrors of the Unseen - The Guardian - "In these sad and dirty days of demonisation and prejudice few books could be more apposite than Jason Elliot's thoughtful portrait of Iran."; The Network - New York Times - "An unlikely candidate for the espionage genre, Elliot is known primarily for “An Unexpected Light,” a much-praised narrative of his travels in Afghanistan published a decade ago. And here he takes us back to that place and time — the innocent days when the words “Al Qaeda” and “Osama bin Laden” would have drawn blank stares at the water cooler."; The Telegraph - "Vividly descriptive, wittily discursive, archly plotted and unusually paced, this radiates the charm of an author as curious about the Vauxhall property market as he is about convoluted Afghan politics.", to mention just a few. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:50, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 09:09, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * He wrote two books. The books were reviewed. How does that enhance his notability? I acknowledge the books were published. Quis separabit?  23:11, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep - This article needs a lot of work, and I'll work on it a bit. I have never seen such an external links section bigger than the article. However, when I add travel to his name in the customized search, I get 1,870 hits which include the New York Times at the top, meeting WP:GNG-- CaroleHenson (talk) 00:23, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Music1201  talk  23:49, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment, revisiting this afd, "He wrote two books. The books were reviewed. How does that enhance his notability?" - have a look at WP:NAUTHOR no. 3, i only put a bit of if in my above "keep" here it is in full - 3.The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of an independent and notable work (for example, a book, film, or television series, but usually not a single episode of a television series) or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews., if you had read my keep you would have seen 3 books, are they well known?, unexpected light in 1200 libraries, Mirrors of the Unseen in 700+ libraries, and The Network, oh look a 3rd book, in 600+ libraries, so well known, plus no.3 above requires, in addition, multiple reviews, also cited above, so that is how (well known) books enhance a person's notability. Coolabahapple (talk) 17:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)


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