Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Norman Sjoman


 * 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   delete. Mkdw talk 22:32, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Norman Sjoman

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

article appears to not establish notability Stephane34 (talk) 17:22, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions.  czar   &middot;   &middot;  17:29, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  czar   &middot;   &middot;  17:29, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  czar   &middot;   &middot;  17:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mediran ( t  •  c ) 01:44, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar   &middot;   &middot;  01:44, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, L Faraone  04:14, 16 May 2013 (UTC)




 * Delete - okay, I'll bite. I tried searching for a few variations of his name but couldn't find anything. The sources in the article are his own book-publishing company (publishing his own books), a blog and an article by him not about him. I can't see any way he would meet WP:AUTHOR and it doesn't look like he meets WP:GNG, I'm afraid. Stalwart 111  06:19, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Adamc714 (talk) 15:39, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Capricious comments in AFD discussions without any rationale are dismissed without consideration. Toddst1 (talk) 16:03, 16 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete: Fails WP:BIO, WP:GNG and WP:PROF.  Toddst1 (talk) 16:04, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete I am not finding WP:RS references (either to Norman Sjoman or Naramani Somanath) to indicate the subject's notability. AllyD (talk) 18:58, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - Notability is well established and cited. This user has suspicious behavior. This user has never contributed to a single article, and has nominated five different pages for AfD (all yoga teachers) Geeta Iyengar, Tim Miller (yoga teacher), Rod Stryker, and Norman Sjoman. It is possible this is a single purpose account, and the purpose is to delete competitors in the Yoga industry. One of the entries she nominated for AfD Geeta Iyengar, the Los Angeles Times calls "the world's leading female yoga teacher." Jtbobwaysf (talk) 15:35, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, that's not really how it works. The nominator may very well have nominated a series of related articles and some might be notable. But the fact that other nominated articles might be about notable subjects has no real bearing on this one, where notability is certainly not "well established". Can you provide any reliable sources that might allow the subject to meet WP:GNG? Stalwart 111  22:20, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Huh? This person in this article has written half a dozen or so books (all cited with ISBN numbers) and also this person was mentioned in half a dozen or so books written by others (again with ISBN numbers). Which of the sources is not reliable? Jtbobwaysf (talk) 09:27, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, passing mentions aren't significant coverage. Of the "references" provided, some are by the subject, not about him, some are passing mentions (or don't mention him at all) and a couple are broken links. Again, several searches brought up nothing of use. I'm happy to consider sources if they exist, but I'm not seeing much there at the moment. Stalwart 111  14:14, 19 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete. Not a notable person. I did not find any reliable reference which shows his notability. Delete this article.Jussychoulex (talk) 07:58, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.