Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Galland


 * 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. Cirt (talk) 04:10, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Jonathan Galland

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Non-notable "health writer". He came up with the recipes for a non-notable diet book written by his father. The article has reliable sources but none that show notability. Fails WP:BIO. Precious Roy (talk) 19:03, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.   —Precious Roy (talk) 19:05, 23 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Appears to be an indirect advertisement for the diet book. --erachima talk 19:07, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I forgot to mention in my nomination that the article was created by and expanded by a number of single-purpose accounts—,, and —all of whom edited only articles related to Jonathan Galland, including his brother Jordan Galland (and his movie). Precious Roy (talk) 01:43, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * changed name to, less than an hour after the above comment was posted Precious Roy (talk) 09:13, 24 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Author is notable because 1) meets the notability guidline for co creating a work that has been the subject of numerous articles and that is in major libraries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Universalmeaning (talk • contribs) 02:04, 24 September 2008 (UTC) — Universalmeaning (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Galland is not credited as the co-creator. If you look at the book on Amazon, you'll find he's not credited at all on the cover. If you look at the copyright page, his credit (well down the page) is "Recipes by Jonathan Galland". Additionally, at the top of the copyright page there's a disclaimer that starts, "Not the publisher, nor the author, nor the recipe writer...". So his official credit is "recipe writer" and a distinction has been made between that credit and "author". Precious Roy (talk) 14:42, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Some of the references vaguely cited, like the one in The Ecologist, published by MIT and a very RS, turn out when tracked down to be about his father "Leon Galland" who may well be notable, since that article refers to him as an "nternationally recognised expert in nutrition" . As for the book, his father wrote it, not he. DGG (talk) 08:29, 24 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Do Not Delete Jonathan Galland meets the definition of notabilty provided in Wikipedia, please see; "journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, engineers, and other creative professionals: a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, which has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews" Clearly, writing over 100 pages of recipes and meal plans qualifies as "a major role in co-creating" a work which ahs been the subject of multiple periodical articles or reviews'  Because of his role in co-creating The Fat Resistance Diet, and because the book has been the subject of many articles, he is notable under the definition provided by wikipedia.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Universalmeaning (talk • contribs) 15:54, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Please only !vote once. — Universalmeaning (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.  Corvus cornix  talk  02:39, 25 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  21:33, 24 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Do Not Delete Meets the Notability rules provided in Wikipedia Notability(People) for Creative Professionals. Therefore there is no basis for deletion. Unfortunately there seems to be an error by the editors in this case.  Please simply follow the definition of notability.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by Universalmeaning (talk • contribs) 02:36, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * You've already been asked once not to !vote more than once.  Corvus cornix  talk  17:43, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, my fault. That comment was posted last but at the top of the page. I moved it to the bottom so everything was in chronological order. Precious Roy (talk) 18:01, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Notability not established --Dreamspy (talk) 19:01, 27 September 2008 (UTC)


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