Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Harris (writer)

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The result of the debate was delete -- Francs2000 | Talk 12:19, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Richard Harris (writer)
See also: Faces of Korea, Hollym & Roadmap to Korean

User just spams himself, his books, and his publisher.


 * Tentative keep--article names published books and a radio show. Of course that could be inflated in a way. Everyking 07:29, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral. Arguably notable -- certainly significant in the SK expat community, though not outside of it -- but I don't see any point in encouraging this sort of article. -- Visviva 16:25, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I've already spent more time on this VfD than the article itself is worth. -- Visviva 01:39, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: vanity, advert. We don't, and won't, have articles on most published writers. Wile E. Heresiarch 19:26, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Using my personal criterion: Amazon sales rank number < 200,000 = sufficiently notable. This book, ISBN 1565912144, has an Amazon.com Sales Rank: #568,826 in Books. For comparison: Don Oberdorfer, The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History (Revised and Updated Edition), ISBN 65051626, Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,024 in Books. For a sense of what a rank of 568,826 probably means: I personally know of a book that has sold less than fifty copies which has a sales rank in the 700,000s. Dpbsmith (talk) 01:36, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I live in Seoul and I know how his books are dealt with in Korean bookstores and how actively he is working with publishers and broadcasting stations here. As a reader of his, I am sure he has great potential as a writer, not only in Korea in the future.
 * Above posted by User:Hyoun-Kyoung Kim. This is the user's first edit. -- Visviva 10:39, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

G.P.Witteveen 19:36, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep-- I've worked through Roadmap.., which is due out 7/2005 in its second edition. I've done foreign language courses in a half dozen languages and what his book does for Korean is something I wish for in all other languages: sociolinguistic detail, learner "in hindsight" commentary, overall schema for approaching various parts of the language/society. About the basis for Wiki presence/absence, I can't say, but weighed in terms of significance of Roadmap to Korean for English-language native speakers taking up the Category IV language like Korean, this book is valuable.
 * Above posted by User:216.157.203.65, who has no other edits. User:G.P.Witteveen does not exist. --Visviva 01:39, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

The "Faces of Korea" is especially enthralling now, as propoganda mounts around North Korea, and one is curious about why people would choose to live in Korea. User:E. McHugh, July 25,2005
 * KEEP -Roadmap to Korean is the most complete and thorough introduction to the Korean language of its kind. It provides a unique look into the 70 million people who speak the language around the world today. I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We celebrate the cultural diversity of our country. I am constantly asked by colleagues why bookstores like Indigo do not carry more books, authored by Canadians, living abroad. In the past month alone I know that this book has been requested by a British author, 4 Canadian authors from Japan (living in Canada), the University of Toronto, George Brown College, York University and McGill University.
 * Above posted by User:69.195.67.61, who has no other edits.-- 01:39, 26 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete nn vanity. JamesBurns 03:48, 26 July 2005 (UTC)


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