Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Stanton


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The result was   keep. J04n(talk page) 17:23, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Joseph Stanton

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Doesn't meet WP:ACADEMIC or WP:CREATIVE. Article was created by a single-purpose account and appears potentially autobiographical. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:56, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep -- full professor of poetry, published multiple times in solo anthologies by substantial poetry presses and anthologized in top mainstream presses (Viking-Penguin, in particular), fits PROF#C1. Can the nominator say why he doesn't fit the notability criteria rather than just asserting that he doesn't? -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 19:23, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. Poetry is a problematic area for Wikipedia — even poets that would be considered quite prominent by other poets can be hard to find enough sourcing to justify notability. But in this case I think with sources like these: , and with the awards he has won, the case is clear enough. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:58, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
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