Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Menna van Praag


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The result was keep. Sarahj2107 (talk) 08:52, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Menna van Praag

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Self-published author with minimal secondary coverage. Blackguard 06:50, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete per nom - David Gerard (talk) 09:48, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
 * withdrawing for now given evidence below - David Gerard (talk) 10:04, 6 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep There are a number of published reviews of her works (which are published at at least by Penguin; see here); see here, here, here and more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pingumeister (talk • contribs) 12:13, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Penguin is something. The first is a user-generated site, the second is a blog, the third is user-generated ... do we have any reviews in RSes? - David Gerard (talk) 13:53, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
 * They are not user-generated. They aren't written by notable authors, but I don't see why that's a problem. -- Pingumeister(talk) 22:03, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Draft instead because she is in fact notable, considering over 3,600 library holdings and they were by a major publisher, that in itself is sufficient, the sourcing will have to be improved, however. SwisterTwister   talk  20:11, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Leaning Keep -- is NY Journal of Books RS? link to review. If yes, may work towards satisfying WP:NAUTHOR. Unless I'm mistaken, Ballantine Books is not being self-published. K.e.coffman (talk) 07:18, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 05:10, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Per Pingumeister and coffman's comments and sources. Lourdes  13:52, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. sufficient library holdings and reviews.  DGG ( talk ) 00:03, 20 October 2016 (UTC)


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