Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jef Klein


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The result was delete. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 03:36, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Jef Klein

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I'm not sure I can speak for the book, but I find no evidence of notability for the author this article is about. No sources meeting WP:GNG, and nothing meeting WP:BIO. The USABookNews History/Media/Entertainment award appears to be mentioned online almost exclusively in the context of this book or one called Forgotten Hollywood, and appears to be from an award mill for self-published books: "We Picks Winners! Our panel of industry judges continues to deliver fantastic results on an annual basis! Hundreds of titles have received national media coverage and increased sales as a direct result of placing in the The Best Book Awards!" There are only eight Google hits for "Independent Publishers Regional Book Award" (three of them in the context of this author), so that isn't likely to be a notable award. Largoplazo (talk) 22:16, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment: The IPBA award actually does appear to be noteworthy; we have an article about it, and I've added a citation for it. That said, getting a tie for silver medal in the U.S. North-East region isn't exactly an amazing accolade. - Iago Qnsi (talk) 22:21, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, it was originally written as IPRBA instead of IPBA. As far as the IPBA goes, in 2007 they gave awards in 65 national categories alone, before even getting to the regional ones. So I'm not sure how much we'd consider second place for one of the regional awards to contribute to a finding of notability. Ah: I now just found a source for the award in question. If I counted correctly, there are eight U.S. regions (and two Canadian ones), and both fiction and nonfiction awards for each region. Largoplazo (talk) 22:37, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, agreed, they give out far too many awards for a second-place tie winner in one of eight regions to really be considered noteworthy. Just figured it was worth pointing out that the award wasn't entirely illegitimate. - Iago Qnsi (talk) 22:41, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. North America1000 09:49, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America1000 09:49, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 12:55, 16 December 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  19:29, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Only indication of notability is the regional IPBA award, which just isn't enough on its own. - Iago Qnsi (talk) 14:45, 26 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails notability guidelines. SW3 5DL (talk) 16:49, 28 December 2016 (UTC)


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