Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roxanne Bouchard


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The result was keep. Significant work and multiple sources added since nomination, consensus this is a notable author. Valereee (talk) 18:20, 25 January 2023 (UTC) Valereee (talk) 18:20, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Roxanne Bouchard

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WP:BLP of a writer, not properly sourced as having any strong claim to passing WP:AUTHOR. The only notability claim being made here is that her work exists, and the only source being cited is an author profile on the self-published website of her own publisher (which is not a notability-assisting source, as it isn't independent) -- and while the French article is considerably longer, it doesn't even cite one source at all. And while there are other potential notability claims not being stated in the article if you search for her name in the articles Prix Robert-Cliche, Scott Moncrieff Prize and CWA International Dagger, none of those awards are highly meganotable enough to constitute notability freebies in the absence of much better sourcing than just a single directly-affiliated source. Nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt her from having to clear WP:GNG on considerably more than just one primary source profile for referencing. Bearcat (talk) 23:25, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and Canada. Bearcat (talk) 23:25, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep her work has been studied in two peer-reviewed journals, one from the UK and one in Italian  Oaktree b (talk) 00:40, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * and she won a Crime-fiction award, some coverage here Oaktree b (talk) 00:42, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * [edit conflict] Apologies for just dumping these here, but here are some sources (mostly in French; my French could be better) which may help towards WP:GNG...       Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 00:49, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep – Nice work, Bridget. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 23:21, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:41, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Oaktree B CT55555 (talk) 21:05, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep - in addition to the sources presented by Oaktree B and Paul Erik, I have expanded the article with coverage of her novels from 2006 to 2022, mainly from Le Devoir and La Presse (among others) which cover biography details, critical reception, and awards. Reviews I didn't incorporate into the article text were included in the bibliography. Bridget (talk) 22:52, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:HEY. I am going to add that "WorldCat" holdings have become the "gold standard" for authors. In this case, "We were the salt of the sea by Roxanne Bouchard : 8 editions published between 2017 and 2018 in English and held by 134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide." Another book she wrote is held by almost 100 libraries, and a few more by dozens. Bearian (talk) 20:19, 24 January 2023 (UTC)


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