Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheldon Rampton


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) KCVelaga (talk) 12:46, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Sheldon Rampton

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The article is mostly unsourced or sourced with primary sources. I see a lot of Google results, but most of them are people/org listings, bookshops selling his books, his own publications, social media, a few book reviews, self-published, etc. MarioGom (talk) 18:07, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:12, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
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 * Keep this is an old article badly in need of improvement, but the basic problem is that Rampton's biggest books, co-authored with John Stauber were published back in the 90s, and may not have shown up on Nom's WP:BEFORE search.E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:12, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:HEY, I didn't improve this old article much, but I did go to a book of his, one of several with the came co-author, Trust Us, We're Experts, and added a few book reviews and some other sources about the book, including a profile of the two co-authors. It should, at least, suffice to give other ediotrs an idea of the kind of sourcing that is available on Rampton and his co-author John Stauber, whose article also needs improvement.  Apologies for  using a powerful but paywalled news archive for efficiency.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:19, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Somebody who loves Repton and Stauber made a page for their 2018 book Banana Republicans. I can't source it; IMHO it should go via SPEEDY or PROD.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:25, 4 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. Satisfies WP:AUTHOR with multiple periodical reviews. James500 (talk) 12:06, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep: meets WP:NAUTHOR with multiple reviews of his works. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:56, 10 September 2018 (UTC)


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