Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Denning (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  15:28, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Steve Denning
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Blatant self-promotion. No RS coverage, ergo not notable. — JFG talk 02:41, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
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Speedy Delete More of a G11 worthy promotion. Sheldybett (talk) 02:01, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * omg delete. Wikipedia is not your CV. Yeti Hunter (talk) 04:00, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. sixty nine   • whaddya want? •  08:03, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a platform for self-promotion.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:52, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep, OMK (Oh, My Kitten:)), "Notability is a property of a subject and not of a Wikipedia article." - from WP:ARTN, did the nominator or any of the above "deleters" bother with even a perfunctory WP:BEFORE? looking at one of Denning's books, The Leader's Guide to Storytelling, WorldCat shows it is held by around 1250 libraries (yes i know this alone can't be used for notability but it is an indication:)) it has been reviewed by IIMB Management Review - listed here, New Zealand Management Magazine - listed here, Corporate Reputation Review - listed here, Training & Development magazine - listed here , Credit Control Journal - listed here , Organization Studies - (subscription required), so has enough reviews for its own article, another book that looks promising is Squirrel Inc. (held by over 700 libraries) but as zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs are beckoning another editor can look for reviews:)) oh, and happy newyear everyone Coolabahapple (talk) 15:03, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * So, a bunch of copies of this person's books are sitting around in libraries. How is that relevant to the author's notability? None of these books pass WP:NBOOK, despite routine reviews, and their author does not pass WP:NAUTHOR. — JFG talk 22:18, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * The claim of being recognized as a "global leader in the field" would potentially satisfy NAUTHOR if verifiable, however it appears to be uncited. The Harvard Business Review ref (no URL) earlier in the same sentence appears to refer to his leaving of the World Bank, rather than his supposed recognition as a global leader. If this claim can be verified, he's probably notable. If not, he's probably not. --Yeti Hunter (talk) 05:28, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Ref available on Google Booke here. Denning turns up several times in the context of introducing Knowledge Management to the world bank, but he is not mentioned as a "global leader", at least that I can see in the online version. Other coverage appears limited to KM circles. --Yeti Hunter (talk) 05:44, 1 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete no GNG or NAUTHOR. Borderline G11 territory. buidhe (formerly Catrìona) 06:23, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
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 * Comment - "So, a bunch of copies of this person's books are sitting around in libraries. How is that relevant to the author's notability?", i'm not sure how other editors (including nominators who i am sure are extremely thorough in their WP:BEFORE:)) check the notability of prolific authors whose work they are not familiar but one way i do it is to enter their name in worldcat and check the number of library holdings of the titles at the top of the list, then i do a search on those titles that have (relatively) high holdings, hence the reviews i listed above for The Leader's Guide to Storytelling, btw have only been able to find a couple of reviews for Squirrel Inc, PW (here) and Business and Professional Communication Quarterly (here) (which i find rather surprising given the number of copies sitting around libraries, oh well, must be his great PR:)), btw would be happy with a redirect to The Leader's Guide to Storytelling if only 1. there was a wikiartcle on the book and 2. all the reviews i listed above weren't so routine (EBSCO, why do you tease us with your routine review listings?). Coolabahapple (talk) 13:08, 4 January 2019 (UTC)


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