Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kelley Herring


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The result was delete. Davewild (talk) 11:56, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Kelley Herring

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Editor, not author, in charge of a minor specialized diet book publishing program, but the actual author of none of them The references are either to her own works, mere notices, or press releases.  DGG ( talk ) 15:56, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete - Actually, most of the sources don't mention Herring at all. None of them really provide enough depth to convey notability or write an article with, even leaving aside the question of reliability.  A news search turns up some RS mentions, but nothing to convey notability.  The book series might be notable, but that wouldn't make its editor notable.  Pinging  who accepted this at AfC in case I missed something. --ThaddeusB (talk) 21:25, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Most of the references are based on her writings, but there is a podcast.  Also she appears as Kelly Lunsford, using her birth name too in references like .  Basically it is her writings that are notable, as they are mentioned quite frequently by others.  SHould this be renamed? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:07, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing out her maiden name; I did indeed mis that. Let me take another look at the sources:
 * 1) Interview about her book by a charity - shows some minor importance, but is a primary source
 * 2) Quoted as an expert by reliable source - shows some minor importance
 * 3) Press release
 * 4) Interview by a blog - not reliable source
 * 5) Interview by a web show - no indication of importance
 * 6) Brief review of Healing Gourmet - appears to be a reliable source
 * 7) List of 10 foods from Healing Gourmet - source is probably reliable, shows some minor importance for the book
 * 8) List of foods from Healing Gourmet - reliability not clear; about says it is "community website" with no indication of editorial control
 * 9) Healing Gourmet table of contents
 * 10) Review of Healing Gourmet - appears to be community created content, not a reliable source
 * 11) Blog post of recipe from Healing Gourmet - not a reliable source
 * 12) Subject's company homepage
 * 13) Recipe by article subject
 * So the best sources are 6-8, all of which are about the book series. The Healing Gourmet series could be notable - it has decent worldcat holdings, so the sales claims may be true.  The sourcing is probably not sufficient to prove that, but maybe others could be found.  However, there is nothing here to make Herring notable.  I don't really see anything in the article that can be saved as part of a Healing Gourmet article, even if it is shown to be notable.  Herring's article just lists the titles and adds two uncited sentences about sales and authorship.  The biographical details on her are uncited and likely uncitable, so also wouldn't make it into an article on the books. --ThaddeusB (talk) 15:50, 28 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment I checked Worldcat under the alternative name, and found no publications.
 * I also checked "Guilt-free desserts" -- there are two books by that title, neither by her. There are three books with titles beginning "The food cure..." -- none of them are by her. There are books containing the phrase "better breads" -- none of them are by her. Editorship of a series is not authorship.  So there is nothing she has written that meets the minimal stadards for significance.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by DGG (talk • contribs)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 08:57, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete I cannot find articles about this person or the product or philosophy in any publications that I would consider to be reliable. This seems to be yet another diet fad. But it isn't a famous or writen-about diet fad. LaMona (talk) 21:35, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
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