Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marc Smith


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The result was keep. Waggers (talk) 13:38, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Marc Smith

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Of the two sources, one is self-published and the other is just a list of gigs. Hence, fails Notability_%28people%29. This article needs multiple, reliable, independent sources, and doesn't have them. Rodhull andemu  23:44, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Support. Stumbled on it by chance when removing a Marc Smith from Germans, else it would have stayed here who knows how long. The system does not work anymore, the vandals are winning. Over at fr-Wiki, they even have to doubtful articles fr:Marc Smith. -- Matthead Discuß   23:53, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Horribly sourced, but the inventor/popularizer of the poetry slam is clearly notable. marc.smith poetry.slam yields nearly 300 news articles, and fifty-five books. --Dhartung | Talk 03:24, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 17:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep; from Dhartung's link, it's clear that Smokestacks & Skyscrapers: An Anthology of Chicago Writing has some basic biographical information, and it does seem notable.--Prosfilaes (talk) 18:08, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per Dhartung and recent edits to the article (also by Dhartung). Jakew (talk) 21:25, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


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