Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Skimin


 * 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   Keep, tag and then delete any unverified material. Tim Vickers (talk) 21:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Robert Skimin

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Notability here ? What's the consensus ? Plvekamp (talk) 03:49, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment "First pilot to receive the Green Beret" seems like notability to me. I'm having a hard time verifying any of this, though. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Chirps•Clams•Chowder) 04:01, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails WP:BIO; a few published books, nothing which asserts notability. Also has verifiability issues. Jезка  (talk) 10:57, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment A writer with 14 published books, with reviews in publications including Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, may well fulfil the "multiple independent reviews" or "has won significant critical attention" criteria at WP:CREATIVE if we can verify.  I lack otters, but will join Ten Pound Hammer in checking.   Ka renjc 19:28, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
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 * Keep Here are references for 4 reviews in Library Journal to add to the "multiple independent reviews" criteria in WP:CREATIVE. The article needs some work but the author is clearly notable in my opinion.
 * Block, Marylaine. 1988. "Gray Victory (Book)." Library Journal 113, no. 4: 79. Literary Reference Center, EBSCO
 * Kaplan, Paul. 2000. "WESTERN HISTORY." Library Journal 125, no. 8: 180. Literary Reference Center, EBSCO
 * Donahugh, R.H. 1992. "Book reviews: Fiction." Library Journal 117, no. 3: 198. Literary Reference Center, EBSCO
 * 1992. "Book reviews: Fiction." Library Journal 117, no. 21: 189. Literary Reference Center, EBSCO --Captain-tucker (talk) 21:32, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep enough for me. there may be more sources to discover at Google Books, Google News & Archive, Google. Sincerely, Manhattan Samurai (talk) 22:04, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash;Sean Whitton / 14:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Weak delete. It may be possible to demonstrate passage of WP:BK for individual publications but there isn't much out there on him except (non-independent) blurbs. He was nominated for a Pulitzer, which sounds impressive, but Pulitzer nominations are open to publishers, authors, and basically anyone (being a finalist is a different case). As Library Journal (and Publishers Weekly) give short reviews of almost every book released by a mainstream imprint, these do not themselves demonstrate notability. --Dhartung | Talk 20:45, 25 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep I say keep, unless these books were pubished by vanity press. One change I would make is to take "colorful" out when describing his life. I know it is a figure of speech, but I'm not sure if it fits for a bio on wikipedia. Thoughts? (Roodhouse1 (talk) 16:32, 31 July 2008 (UTC))
 * Keep 39 gnews hits. Reviews of his books in many newspapers, including the Washington Post.  Apparently the Texas Book Festival, a yearly book fair, was his idea, that he approached Laura Bush about.John Z (talk) 18:39, 31 July 2008 (UTC)


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