Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Margaret George


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:05, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Margaret George

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I find little evidence that George is a historian. The sources for her historical fiction work do not seem to be sufficiently independent of her or reliable. There seems to be no indication that her works have received the notice we generally require for people to pass the author inclusion criteria. Publishing multiple historical novels is not enough to make someone notable, and as far as I can tell that is all she has done. If people can find reliable sources I would be open to inclusion, but my preliminary search just revealed passing references in places that trace basically all published works, no indication of major contributions. John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:28, 10 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep and close - see The Memoirs of Cleopatra, New York Times bestseller, and Mary, called Magdalene, New York Times piece here. Plenty of links on those two pages alone to expand the bio page. She's a well-known author of historical fiction. Victoria (tk) 21:34, 10 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep and expand - she has respectable web-site and seems fantastic lady... She has fan-base. It is frankly menacing. I created this article or not, I think, she deserves to be here and I will expand her article just don't delete it, please. The Mad Hatter (talk)


 * Keep, close, and expand - Although this article is poorly written and lacks sources, Margaret George is a well-known and reputable historical novelist (not a "historian"). Her books are routinely reviewed in major newspapers and book outlets. One review in the Washington Post said, "If it’s by Margaret George, it’s probably worth reading. George ... is a major player on the stage of historical fiction." The Bryn Mawr Classical Review says, "Margaret George is a well-established author of lengthy, well-researched historical novels". 32.218.40.8 (talk) 15:26, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep but improve the article. Easily passes WP:NOTABILITY per above and per Google search. --Jersey92 (talk) 16:48, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
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