Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Sprachman


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 05:38, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Paul Sprachman

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There is no sign of notability per WP:GNG. He is an ordinary translator. ● Mehran Debate● 06:55, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep As (full diclosure) a translator myself I think I'm going to have to stick up for Sprachman. Granted that this is a very niche genre. He notes himself in the interview (4) below that the market for translated fiction in the US is very small, and the market for translated Persian fiction is a small fraction of that. So the best-selling translation for 2009 (8) didn't sell very well. But being a (the?) leading translator from a language like Persian ought to count for something. I think that these sources should be enough to write a decent article.
 * Review on JSTOR
 * English version of war novel “Da” completed - Tehran Times
 * IBNA - Paul Sprachman visits IBNA
 * Literature of war in Persian presents interesting challenges to reader | onviewpoint.com
 * NJ Jewish News on-line | A Rutgers professor thinks Iran is open to diplomacy — and tourism
 * A City under Siege - Habib Ahmadzadeh
 * Americans read Iranian war novel, 5 October 2005
 * Britannica Book of the Year 2009
 * – Margin1522 (talk) 08:37, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:34, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep The sources such as this article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, this one in the New Jersey Jewish News (among and in addition to the several listed by ) are the kinds of reliable and verifiable sources that establish notability. Yes, the article needs work -- it seems to have been translated by someone using a dictionary -- but notability is established. Alansohn (talk) 20:55, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment I wonder if this is a case of Nominative determinism given the subject's name means "Language man". (see Sprache) Le petit fromage (talk) 22:06, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the chuckle, User:Le petit fromage.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:38, 27 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep Passes WP:GNG, as laid out by User:Alansohn and User:Margin152. (Plus, we can be sure that it is not self-promotion; page was clearly written by a non-native English speaker.)E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:41, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
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