Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/L'Infini turbulent


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The result was keep. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 14:46, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

L'Infini turbulent

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Crappy bot article that doesn't meet WP:NBOOK nor GNG. &raquo; Shadowowl  &#124;  talk  12:15, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. Having looked quite hard, I can't find in-depth coverage to satisfy the GNG. The only WP:NBOOKS claim would be #5, because our article claims the author won and declined the "National Prize of Literature", but I can't determine what that prize is. In any case, if it met #5 it should meet the GNG easily, which it doesn't seem to. Mortee (talk) 19:44, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
 * The prize was the Grand Prix national des Lettres, which he refused in 1965. Andrew D. (talk) 23:04, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah, thank you! I could swear I looked at that one, but it's right there in our own article, so I must have moved on too quickly in my effort to get to the next of these machine gun AfDs. Mortee (talk) 01:47, 25 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep The author's works about mescalin are usually covered as a group but here's a detailed piece about the specific work in question: Rythme et sujet. L ‘infini turbulent d’Henri Michaux. Andrew D. (talk) 23:04, 23 July 2018 (UTC
 * I did see this, but didn't consider it enough because I didn't find a second. I'd be happy to see an expanded article, but in this case I couldn't find the materials. Looking at the master's thesis bibliography, it suggests a couple of directions but nothing obvious or that I was able to track down. I have no strong objection to keeping the stub as a flag to future editors that there's work to be done. Mortee (talk) 01:47, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Belgium-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 04:31, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 04:31, 24 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep per Andrew Davidson. Satisfies GNG. There are several editions (1st: 1957, 2nd revised: 1964, revised reprint: eg 1994) and translations (eg German: Turbulent im Unendlichen, 1957; English: by Louise Varese, 1963, by Michael Fineberg, 1975) of this book over a considerable length of time. This is an indicator of (lasting) popularity. Satisfies criteria 5 of WP:NBOOK because the author, Henri Michaux, is of exceptional historical importance, such that you would expect his works to be studied. His importance is explained by his biography in The Penguin Companion to Literature (Penguin Books, 1969, ed. Anthony Thorlby, volume 2 (European Literature), page 534). The "Penguin Companion" is a book that includes only the most important authors and is exceptionally highly selective. James500 (talk) 08:28, 28 July 2018 (UTC)


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