Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ron Shandler


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) WikiPuppies  bark dig 01:41, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Ron Shandler

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Highly promotional article with nothing to actually verify the man's notability. Google seems to confirm that he's a writer for USA Today--but existence does not equal notability. Drmies (talk) 20:03, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - It is not much, but several books seem to discuss him and his work, , and some newspaper coverage, , , ,  and several others. I think this passes WP:GNG. The article needs to be fixed though. Hoppingalong (talk) 21:35, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep My search turned up enough mention in sources. Automatic  Strikeout  02:41, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep So did mine. — ΛΧΣ  21™  00:05, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. Marginal notability built more on articles that the subject has written, less so on coverage about the subject by other sources.  On balance, a keeper, but it's a fairly close call.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:02, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
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