Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Noah Berlatsky


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. WP:NPASR. T. Canens (talk) 10:52, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Noah Berlatsky

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Delete. WP:BLP of a writer, which basically just states that he exists and fails to demonstrate why his existence would warrant the attention of an encyclopedia. For referencing, what we have here is entirely primary sourcing that cannot carry notability, such as directories of his published writing on the websites of the publications that published it and the sales page of his book on Amazon.com — but a person gets a Wikipedia article by being the subject of media coverage written by other people, not by being the bylined author of "references" with other subjects. And the only reference here that even comes close to being independent of him is a blog entry that does more to elucidate that blogger's opinion of Berlatsky than it does anything neutral or verifiable about Berlatsky. This is not the kind of substance, or the kind of sourcing, that it takes to make a keepable article. Bearcat (talk) 21:49, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I've cited three reviews in independent reliable sources. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 10:05, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Very Weak Keep He is the author of one significant book, which has received a number of reviews. He's also edited a large number of volumes in the hish chool reader series"Opposing viewpoints", but that's not a significant contribution to notable . We usually want more than one important book before we consider an author notable.  DGG ( talk ) 01:33, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. North America1000 06:33, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 08:46, 26 December 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 06:20, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Appears to satisfy notability guidelines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Winter's Tulpa (talk • contribs) 04:32, 7 January 2017 (UTC)


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