Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephanie Donaldson


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The result was keep. RL0919 (talk) 04:58, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Stephanie Donaldson

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I found nothing that shows this author is notable per WP:BIO. SL93 (talk) 00:12, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Fails WP:WRITER. – DarkGlow (talk) 00:25, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep, she has written 62 books, Co-authoring a book with the Price of Wales is also noteworthy. Considered an expert in her field and often quoted in magazines. WP:NEXIST Lightburst (talk) 01:04, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * That is all great, but it doesn’t pass the author criteria on Wikipedia. Quotes aren’t significant coverage. SL93 (talk) 01:10, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Prolific gardening writer with extremely little coverage. The best I can find is Wales Online, which I think is an interview so not independent, and I'm not sure it is a reliable source. Tacyarg (talk) 15:21, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment, just a little note for the nominator ("I found nothing that shows this author is notable"), and "deleters" ("Fails", "extremely little coverage"), one way to meet WP:NAUTHOR is for the person's books to be significant/well known with multiple reviews, for example, a quick gsearch for reviews of The Elements of Organic Gardening (found in around 460 libraries) brings up a number of reviews ie. The New York Times ("Organic Looks Easy, If You've Got a Royal Staff" (subscription needed)), Country Life ("Review: The Elements of Organic Gardening"), PBS ("Grow: Books - The Elements of Organic Gardening"), BookPage ("Book Reviews: The Elements of Organic Gardening"), Publishers Weekly ("The Elements of Organic Gardening"), Booklist, Choice Reviews, Library Journal, (reviews here), so easily meets WP:NBOOK, of course, Donaldson is a co-author of this book, and more is needed (a couple more books that have multiple useable reviews), but this shows she is further down the wikinotable track than the earlier part of this afd conveys. Coolabahapple (talk) 22:57, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * KEEP She is well regarded by her peers. The prince of Wales wouldn't work with her otherwise, plus I found that Good Housekeeping magazine  "consulted gardening expert Stephanie Donaldson" for information.  And of course her books get coverage proving she is a notable writer.   D r e a m Focus  04:37, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep quite a prolific author and I’ve added a few references to improve the article. Lineslarge (talk) 21:21, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per . Reviews of her work demonstrate notability. Clover moss  (talk) 05:10, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per  Prolific, credible, 71 books.  one way to meet WP:NAUTHOR is for the person's books to be significant/well known with multiple reviews.  7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 14:45, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per and I also found reviews for earlier books and added to the article. If anyone has full access to Booklist there's reviews there, too. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:37, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - The article is sourced with reliable sources with wide international coverage of the subject. Easily passes WP:NAUTHOR and WP:GNG. -AuthorAuthor (talk) 04:14, 3 January 2020 (UTC)


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