Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ramsay Wood


 * 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. Lankiveil (speak to me) 11:13, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Ramsay Wood

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Flowery advert for non notable writer. Lacks coverage about Wood in independent reliable sources. Sourcing is mostly by him, associated with him or about the older tales he translated. Much of this article is about those tales and not about Wood himself. Other parts appear to be original synthesis. duffbeerforme (talk) 09:48, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 10:52, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * comment the article is not good, particularly for a BLP - but the guy's legit famous and is all over Google, GNews and GScholar. I'd be quite surprised if the sources don't exist. (This isn't a "keep" as yet.) - David Gerard (talk) 17:30, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:49, 8 September 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  19:49, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - Per WP:NEXIST. Google News does in fact pop up sources, per David Gerard, and Google Scholar does deem to cite him, or even discuss him, which is more than enough to establish notability. Fieari (talk) 00:26, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
 * That is a complete misrepresentation of WP:NEXIST and is more akin to WP:GOOGLEHITS. "Google News does in fact pop up sources". What sources? "Google Scholar does deem to cite him". Um no. It does list some articles/books. The most cited of these hits a huge 6. "or even discuss him". Where does it discuss him (or anyone). duffbeerforme (talk) 12:00, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Final relist, hopefully. SST flyer  15:46, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SST  flyer  15:46, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete although my google search did turn up a few reports in the news, they did not seem to be providing anything of note or even writing about the subject of this article but just that they were attending a different event. I do not see passing WP:GNG or any other notability measure.  I would change my position if sources were shown or were more clear to me.--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:33, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. on the basis of the WorldCat search  which shows the very extensive holdings of his principal book. There is furthermore significant critical attention, including by Doris Lessing.  DGG ( talk ) 19:55, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The holdings does suggest he is notable however I'd suggest some TNT for all the promo and original research. On Lessing. The person employed to write the books intro is not independent, that and the are both connected through Afghan Relief. duffbeerforme (talk) 07:10, 26 September 2016 (UTC)


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