Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mickey Z


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust The Homunculus 14:34, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Mickey Z

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PROD removed, BLP with no claim to notability and a lack of multiple, nontrivial, reliable sources about the subject. Two sources exist that might fit, but one is an interview from an Examiner-style website in which anyone can submit an article and the other is a press release about an appearance in a small, now-defunct alternative magazine. Thargor Orlando (talk) 12:32, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Meets WP:AUTHOR for being "widely cited by peers" and his works receiving recognition in independent sources. The "claim to notability" is in the lede. Wikipedia articles are not written for a toddler's mentality, and do not begin with insultingly simplistic things such as "This topic is notable because....". The article AND project will be be improved through regular editing without crying "it has not been done or it cannot be done". Topic notability is met through verifiabilty of contents and assertions to show it meeting our inclusion criteria. While nice, WP:GNG is not the only criteria for determining if something might be within these pages to serve its readers, specially as guideline specifically tells us at WP:N, that if lacking GNG, "a topic is also presumed notable if it meets the criteria outlined in a subject-specific guideline listed in the box on the right", which this topic does.   Schmidt,  Michael Q. 12:28, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep -- Complying with WP:BEFORE I took a look at the 100 or hits from the scholar search above.  Some are triggered by the books listed in the bibliography.  Some are links to articles Mickey Z wrote, or to chapters he wrote for books edited by others.  And, while the rest include hits to instances of other "Mickey Z", the remainder are to works written by others that quote our Mickey Z, or which reference his work.  I am satisfied he meets the criteria for inclusion, as per WP:AUTHOR, which says: "The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors."  Geo Swan (talk) 07:24, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep per Geo Swan and Schmidt,, an alternative ground to WP:GNG. --Bejnar (talk) 00:20, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
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