Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tanya Holland


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:58, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Tanya Holland

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Not yet notable, and so highly promotional that it needs to be deleted and started over in any case. As for notability: she has written one book, found in 124 libraries a/c Worldcat, which is trivial for an important cookbook. (There's another due out in 2014, mentioned prominently in the introduction, and perhaps the advance publicity for it is not unrelated to the appearance of this article.)  She's made many talk show appearances, and worked in a great variety of restaurants, some of them well-known. I do not see that she is principally responsible for the cuisine of any notable restaurant. Most of the prizes are very minor, and local, tho I will admit local prizes in SF have a relatively high value, as local prizes go.

As for promotionalism, besides an early biography suitable more for someone of much greater renown, is the inclusion of   the recipes she has reprinted elsewhere and her talk show appearances, and all the magazines she has written articles for. It includes the names of all the more famous people and places for whom she has worked--a technique usually called name-dropping.

Accepted by AfC, as is common for this type of article. When I urge the deletion of such articles, I try not to just say "non-notable and promotional" in general terms, but to give specifically the lack of indications of notability, and the specific indications of promotionalism  DGG ( talk ) 01:20, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - She hosted a show on Food Network. All together, it seems like she is a relatively prominent chef. Bali88 (talk) 01:29, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - What she did is not important, it is her notability that is needed to be proven. I simply followed the Google link provided and discovered several articles that are about her from such reliable sources such as the San Francisco Gate, Food and Wine magazine and others. She has also been featured on Oprah, CBS, PBS and other networks. These aren't reprinted recipes, but articles and interviews about the woman. Those sources easily establish notability. Now the article is another problem, it is overly promotional but it does not need to be deleted. A good editor is what is needed, not an AfD. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 08:37, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep, there is coverage about her life and professional career. She appears on a national TV network. If that's not being int he public eye (in her field) then I'm not sure what is.  → Lil- ℧niquԐ 1 - {  Talk  } -  22:44, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep, if any chefs can be notable, she's on the short list BennyHillbilly (talk) 09:40, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
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