Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marina Leigh Duff


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The result was  delete. Jayjg (talk) 01:55, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Marina Leigh Duff

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I don't believe this subject meets the criteria for WP:AUTHOR. The award won is not a national or state award, but one from a college. The book is self-published (via Lulu). All other references are to book-selling sites or web sites where people submit their own work. ... disco spinster   talk  03:20, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —David Eppstein (talk) 04:41, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. A poet with one self-published (Lulu) book and some honorable mentions at local contests doesn't seem like enough. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:34, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
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 * Marina Leigh Duff is a new Los Angeles "Teacher-Poet" with a Master's degree in English / Creative Writing. There are not many known teacher-poets besides Taylor Mali on Wikipedia. Therefore, it is important to recognize her and other teacher-poets in this underrepresented sub-group of poets. Also, many popular and well-esteemed authors such as John Edgar Wideman are now publishing via Lulu. Lastly, universities produce many high quality literary journals and the awards given there should be respected, especially seeing that the judges are highly educated in their fields and can honor/recognize real talent. Ivynicole (talk) 03:21, 26 May 2010 (UTC) — Ivynicole (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Your whole entry is just Special pleading. Could you make any arguments that are relevant within the scope of WP:PROF? Thanks, Agricola44 (talk) 14:40, 26 May 2010 (UTC).


 * Keep: I wrote the first entire book of poetry about teaching in Los Angeles public high schools. I do believe this subject meets the 2nd criteria for WP:AUTHOR: "The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique." Marina Duff (talk) 18:24, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete no evidence of the coverage in independent reliable sources required to establish notability. I'm afraid 'wrote the first entire book of poetry about teaching in Los Angeles public high schools' comes nowhere near meeting criteria 2 of WP:AUTHOR (unless it can also be shown writing about about teaching in Los Angeles public high schools has become a significant genre). Nuttah (talk) 11:55, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete The publication venues are not themselves notable, I'm afraid Vartanza (talk) 22:12, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
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