Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karen McGrane


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The result was delete. Forbes contributor articles are unreliable and not indicators of notability. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 01:58, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Karen McGrane

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No evidence of any notability. The sources are her employers profile page, a couple of blogs an advert for a book and another advert dressed up as an interview. Nothing that even hints at notability. No doubt excellent at what she does, but well below the line of Wikipedia notability. Fails WP:GNG  Velella  Velella Talk 19:57, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete per nom, accomplished professional, not notable. Caro7200 (talk) 20:14, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not LinkedIn. OhNo itsJamie Talk 20:23, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep McGrane is well-known in her field of content strategy and website accessibility. The Google Books search alone shows multiple academic and popular press books that cite her work, showing notability per WP:ACADEMIC. Additionally a quick search just now garnered additional sources like this Forbes article, a CMS Wire article, and an appearance on the Nieman Lab podcast. I have added several of the books as sources. Sweet kate (talk) 02:07, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I have just added a few additional sources to her article. For what it's worth, in addition to the pages of Google Books results I alluded to above that cite her, I counted over a hundred articles mentioning her, podcasts that invited her on, or interviews by people and publications in her field before I stopped opening Google search results. She is often cited/referenced in content about content strategy and adaptive content, additionally passing WP:AUTHOR #1 (The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors). Sweet kate (talk) 22:31, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep and improve per . According to Forbes article she "wrote the book on .. Content Strategy for Mobile." It's a specialized area of interest, but significant in a world where many people use mobile phones for internet access. HouseOfChange (talk) 13:40, 23 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete WP:NOTRESUME and the Forbes article was written by a contributor, not an editorial staff member, which is against the (metaphorical) rules. Trillfendi (talk) 15:52, 23 May 2020 (UTC)


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