Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Terje Gerotti Simonsen


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. The "delete" arguments are stronger. The "keep"s only address whether he is a published author, which is not the decisive factor in terms of notability. Moreover, this is an autobiography, which WP:COI prohibits. Mr. Simonsen should wait for other people to find him sufficiently important to write an article about.  Sandstein  14:22, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Terje Gerotti Simonsen

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I am having some difficulty judging the sources there are, but they do not seem all that independent. Slatersteven (talk) 15:56, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Slatersteven (talk) 15:56, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Note the creator of the article has an admitted COI, and is a wp:spa.Slatersteven (talk) 17:15, 19 June 2020 (UTC) (Copied over from the talk page)

Hi, I am the subject matter of this article, and I can assure I want a balanced and objective presentation. The Norwegian references are from established Norwegian publishers, mostly academic, and also from the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association (Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening), which is held in high esteem for it scientific neutrality.

One of the English references is to the homepage of Parapsychological Association, which could of course raise suspicion, but PA is in fact a member of the prestigious AAAS, the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

If the reference to my first English publisher, Pari Publishing, is problematic because their website has also a sales-link, we could remove that, of course. Otherwise, the publisher was founded by british quantum physicist David Peat, who has worked with Roger Penrose and David Bohm, and is generally considered a very clever guy.

Terje — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aureus (talk • contribs), and moved from AfD Talk page].
 * Are they the publishes of your work?Slatersteven (talk) 17:18, 19 June 2020 (UTC)


 * References to your book publishers and parapsychology associations aren't applicable here. We need WP:FRIND (i.e. independent) sources for a WP:FRINGEBLP. I did find one article in Aftenposten translated here. We'd need more examples like that to meet WP:AUTHOR for a standalone biography. - LuckyLouie (talk) 17:37, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I did examine the book review in Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association translated here, and am a bit puzzled. As a book review, it argues that physicians should adopt a more sympathetic open-mindedness about paranormal claims. This is certainly a fringe view within mainstream medicine. It's worth noting that the review author is engaged in complementary and alternative medicine. - LuckyLouie (talk) 17:57, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
 * it would be more apropriate to say that the review author is the director of the National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a branch of the University of Tromsø. Studying a field could be rather different than being engaged in a field. Bw, --Orland (talk) 10:19, 20 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Norway-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:45, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete Does not meet the standard expected per WP:AUTHOR. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 21:46, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd say he fits into criteria #3: significant or well-known work. He's been reviewed, awarded and interviewed. Bw --Orland (talk) 20:53, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete The above arguments from the author do not change the fact that this article does not have sufficient evidence of notability to exist. --Micky (talk) 02:23, 20 June 2020 (UTC) Blocked sockpuppet Malcolmxl5 (talk) 04:30, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
 * please note that the article has been edited and new sources have beeen added since your vote. Bw --Orland (talk) 07:58, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Published by two major norwegian publishers, Mr Simonsen does fit well in Category:Norwegian non-fiction writers. --Orland (talk) 10:19, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete due to lack of reliable independent secondary sources that are actually about the subject. We cannot write a verifiably neutral biography without these. Guy (help!) 13:07, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * there are now references to norwegian newspapers Morgenbladet, Aftenposten and Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. Could you be more specific about what other kind of reliable independent secondary sources you were looking for? Bw --Orland (talk) 20:53, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   07:34, 27 June 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep I have added ISBN on one of the books. Both books are available at Oslo Public Library. Trygve W Nodeland (talk) 07:58, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment. I would encourage User:XOR& and user:JzG to return to this discussion and reconsider their votes. This article has been reworked since they first gave their opinion, and new sources have been added. Bw, --Orland (talk) 08:22, 7 July (UTC)
 * Delete No impact outside of regional Norwegian coverage shows it is WP:TOOSOON for a stand-alone article on en:wiki. - LuckyLouie (talk) 12:14, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:58, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I disagree with your description of "No impact outside of regional Norwegian coverage". He's been awarded a literature prize in USA, and are listed in an international research bibliography. Bw --Orland (talk) 13:32, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


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