Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Alan Brook


 * 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. per Clay Collier; if we have no source for the biographical essentials of a BLP, we have no basis for an article. There seems to be no suitable content for merging into an article about the Khazar.  Sandstein  05:47, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Kevin Alan Brook

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Non-notable fringe scholar who claims that Ashkenazi Jews are Khazar (Turkish) converts to Judaism. The article contains no reliable sources or mainstream reviews of his work. If some substance could be verified, a merge to the Khazar article might be more appropriate than a BLP. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 20:32, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletion discussions.  —Ism schism (talk) 20:39, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep' Seems to have a decent number of hits on GBooks  GScholar.  Edward321 (talk) 03:53, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete' The entry is nothing but his book and his web site it has no content. It has the filler of listing both editions. The articles are derivative of the single book. The article should remove listing both editions of the book as separate. It seems self-promotional for his opinion. If we use the criteria for academics and authors then Brook, as a person does not make it. But his single book may make it. Therefore, he should be merged into Khazars. --Jayrav (talk) 12:23, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep It's not the accepted theory, but its sufficiently important to be included here, along with its notable proponents. His main book was published by a mainstream academic publisher, and his first listed encyclopedia aerticle by a leading theological and humanities publisher, His book wasreviewed by multiple mainstream sources--see  The reviewsshould be added, and they show the notability. DGG (talk) 03:20, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The theory is given full presentation at the Khazar article and the book is featured. The theory may be notable but the author is NN. We are debating Kevin Alan Brook, not the Khazar theory of ashkenazim. The review belongs in the khazar article. --Jayrav (talk) 11:32, 28 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per Jayrav. Doesn't meet WP:BOOK, WP:PROF, or WP:GNG. Article is also a bit spammy. -- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 21:01, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect substantive and verifiable matrial into the main Khazars article per nominator at Khazars which is unfortunately linked to (antisemitic) racial theories linked to this topic, so "merge and redirect" is being very charitable, since most of this is probably a violation of WP:NOR and WP:NOTMYSPACE. IZAK (talk) 08:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. I concur with the nomination, also, this seems like little more than an attempt at a publicity stunt and seems to fail WP:N since it has nothing more substantive than primary sources. HJMitchell    You rang?  14:53, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Doesn't be sufficient sources to verify the facts about his life (thus potential BLP problem), and doesn't seem to be notable as an author. --Clay Collier (talk) 06:53, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete (Nominator) Upon review of the above comments; this article should be deleted, this is the most appropriate choice since the subject of the BLP is a non notable. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 00:53, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
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