Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Sabom


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The result was no consensus.  Sandstein  21:29, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Michael Sabom

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No significant, in-depth coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Neutralitytalk 22:04, 25 December 2019 (UTC) Neutralitytalk 22:04, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - no in-depth significant coverage in reliable sources. Celestina007 (talk) 23:45, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment I'm not sure about Sabom, but his 1st book appears to be taken seriously.  It was published by Harper Collins, has 700+ citations on GS, and has been reviewed .  The 2nd book also has almost 300 GS citations. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 10:07, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz Humbug! 08:45, 2 January 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Weak keep per my earlier comment, in lack of much other response here. Some combination of WP:NAUTHOR and WP:NPROF (via the high citation count) looks to apply.  I added the review in the JNDE to the article. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 08:31, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete no evidence of notability as a doctor or an an author.NotButtigieg (talk) 10:21, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep There is plenty of coverage, of the doctor and his books, in newspapers from the late 1970s on. A report on Colorado College awards in 1966 names him as the recipient of an award for outstanding scholarship in premed, and in 1972, he was an instructor in the US Army Medical Field Service School - so there is more biographical detail available that can be added to the article. Multiple sources can be added about his studies of near-death experiences. He certainly meets WP:NAUTHOR, appears to meet WP:NPROF, and probably meets WP:GNG as well. RebeccaGreen (talk) 14:19, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:44, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable as a n academic, an author ,or otherwise. An award for excellence as a premed undergraduate does not contribute to notability-- no undergraduate awards do and this is remakabley trivial even for them. Being an insgtructor in the army, similarly,  DGG ( talk ) 09:48, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment Added a review of the 2nd book; also from the Journal of Near-Death Studies (a bit fringe). Added also a 2nd review of 1st book, from NEJM (certainly not fringe), for 3 total reviews so far.  Sabom also gets reasonably significant coverage in this NPR piece and in this Salon article.  Russ Woodroofe (talk) 13:56, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep although his books are fringe topic they do have reliable sources reviews and other coverage about him, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 16:26, 11 January 2020 (UTC)


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