Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mícheál Ó hAodha


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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:13, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Mícheál Ó hAodha

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Subject fails WP:BASIC, WP:NAUTHOR, and WP:NACADEMIC. The only source I could find discussing this author is this interview from an online writing magazine. As it stands right now, the article is completely unsourced outside of direct plagiarism from Ó hAodha's website; moreover, it appears the article's creator and primary maintainer has a conflict of interest ("Edited some text at the request of Mícheál") that wasn't disclosed until late 2018. Note: This is not the only Mícheál Ó hAodha.  TheTechnician27  (Talk page)  20:29, 8 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Withdraw nomination as Weak keep per criterion 4(c) of WP:AUTHOR.  TheTechnician27  (Talk page)  03:16, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Comment: As icing on the cake, the article links to Ó hAodha's website within the prose, and Ó hAodha's website prominently links to the Wikipedia article.  TheTechnician27  (Talk page)  20:30, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
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Keep: In its current state the article lacks indeed sources and the proof of notability. However, Mícheál Ó hAodha appears to be notable, though. There exist a number of reviews of his works in academic journals:
 * This review is about two works (citations taken from Caitriona Clear):
 * Quote: “These two short but fascinating works by Micheál Ó hAodha, of the University of Limerick, should be essential reading for the sociolinguist, the historian, the sociologist or the general reader who is interested in minority cultures and language.”
 * Quote: “These two short but fascinating works by Micheál Ó hAodha, of the University of Limerick, should be essential reading for the sociolinguist, the historian, the sociologist or the general reader who is interested in minority cultures and language.”
 * Quote: “These two short but fascinating works by Micheál Ó hAodha, of the University of Limerick, should be essential reading for the sociolinguist, the historian, the sociologist or the general reader who is interested in minority cultures and language.”

And Comhar, a leading Irish-language literary journal published four of his poems: There are also portraits of him in Irish newspapers. One example: I stop here, it is easy to find more reviews of his work. --AFBorchert (talk) 16:12, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * This article reviews two books, among them his début collection: (Citation taken from the article.)
 * This review covers two books, among them:
 * BTW, to make it clear: The editor of Voices from the Easter Rising who is named Mícheál Ó hAodha which is refered to above with the remark “[t]his is not the only Mícheál Ó hAodha” appears to be the very same person of this article as this work is listed on the refered to website. --AFBorchert (talk) 16:27, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * The comment that this is not the only person with the name appears to be true though. Along with the subject (born 1969) we have a playwright active in the 1950s and under the Anglicized version Michael Hayes (disambiguation) (where this article should probably be listed as he also published under that name) there are nearly a dozen more. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:30, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * You are right, you are talking about Mícheál Ó hAodha (1918–1998), author, broadcaster, chairman of the Abbey Theatre and until his retirement in 1985 assistant controller of programmes for RTÉ Radio. He published multiple books, among them biographies of Siobhán McKenna and Micheál Mac Liammóir. (See ) --AFBorchert (talk) 09:42, 10 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep. As nominated the article was unsourced and promotional. I have tried to cut out the promotion, and added a half-dozen or so in-depth sources about his books (mostly reviews, with one book chapter; thanks to AFBorchert for several of these). With the added sources I believe he passes WP:PROF. But there are still significant aspects to the article that are lacking sources. AfD is not for cleanup, but if they can't be sourced they should be removed. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:59, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you, the article looks much better now. --AFBorchert (talk) 09:42, 10 June 2019 (UTC)


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