Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonty Tiplady


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The result was   soft delete. Any editor in good standing may request recreation at Requests for undeletion. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  10:26, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Jonty Tiplady

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Non-notable poet. He's managed to get published, but I can't find significant coverage in reliable sources - only a couple of passing mentions. Kolbasz (talk) 12:47, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
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 * This poet seems notable. Won the 2009 Crashaw Prize, published by major London publisher, has had extended essays devoted to his work. Kolbasz, might it be necessary to Google deeper? More than passing mentions exist.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ulnastacks (talk • contribs) 13:59, 16 January 2015
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 * AFAICT, the prize in question is not a notable one, and is handed out by his publisher. In any case, reliable independent sources are still lacking. Kolbasz (talk) 15:02, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete as not notable. Doesn't seem to have received in-depth analysis/reviews/profiles in reliable sources (e.g. newspaper book sections, academic publications, journals like London Review of Books, or well-known poetry magazines): I can't find anything, and none of the citations measure up. Blogspot isn't sufficient. His prize isn't sufficiently well-known or reputable to make him notable. And just being published doesn't establish notability. Colapeninsula (talk) 14:38, 19 January 2016 (UTC)
 * 'Not Delete'. In-depth review articles online by Andrew Spragg, Joe Luna, Edmund Hardy, Peter Hughes, Andrew Duncan and so on. He features in the recent Modernist Legacies book, and it seems to me the poets who have highly praised his work are considerable. Dubious distinction here between press/online reputation. I would go with what the poets say and not the press. Perhaps the page needs cutting back though? There seems a divisive buzz about this writer, but a buzz nonetheless.Pocks-pook45  has only contributed to the article(s) under discussion for deletion and AFD. Kolbasz (talk) 20:50, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 03:09, 24 January 2016 (UTC)


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