Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Pope


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The result was   no consensus. Spartaz Humbug! 04:00, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Robert Pope

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Unable to find coverage of this professor/author in any reliable sources independent of the subject. He has written one novel, two collections of short stories and has had several short stories published. I can find no reviews or commentary of any of his writing nor about him. Does not meet WP:GNG, WP:PROF, nor WP:AUTHOR. J04n(talk page) 21:01, 24 December 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:39, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  — J04n(talk page) 21:01, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  — J04n(talk page) 21:01, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete His interview with Raymond Carver was certainly interesting, but that's a separate matter. Seems to have attracted no attention. EEng (talk) 22:15, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. I can't find any reviews of his books, so it looks like he does not pass WP:AUTHOR. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:51, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's not true that there are no reviews of his books.  Here's one from Publishers Weekly .  Anybody who has published books that have been nationally reviewed, as well as stories in many of the leading literary magazines, meets notability standards.  The article does have problems:  too much trivia about his early life, not enough inclusion of the literary documentation on Pope that is out there.  The article just needs a rewriting and better sourcing. Qworty (talk) 00:29, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Keep, author meets WP:AUTHOR and WP:GNG guidelines.SharedPlanetType (talk) 03:35, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you could take us beyond bare assertion and point to actual evidence? EEng (talk) 13:50, 31 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment, a single one paragraph review meets none of the criteria for WP:AUTHOR and for WP:GNG multiple sources are generally expected. At this point we know of one collection of his short stories, nothing else. J04n(talk page) 10:50, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Publishers Weekly is the industry standard, and all of their reviews are about this length, even for bestsellers. Also, this review is for Pope's novel, Jack's Universe, rather than the story collection.  An author who's been reviewed in Publishers Weekly, who has two books out from a legitimate press, who has published in many of the leading journals, who has done a high-profile interview with Raymond Carver, etc. etc., is certainly notable. Qworty (talk) 23:05, 1 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Yet another source. It turns out that the story collection, Private Acts, also got a write-up in Publishers Weekly  Qworty (talk) 23:08, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
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