Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Man Who Tasted Shapes


 * 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The result was nomination withdrawn (non-admin closure). Nosleep break my slumber 02:14, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

The Man Who Tasted Shapes

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Book whose author is also an article nominated for deletion. This "article" has not expanded beyond a single sentence in the four years it has existed. More generally, I don't believe the subject satisfies WP:BK. Nosleep break my slumber 03:40, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep and expand. An updated edition of the book appeared in 2003, and in the course of the AFD discussion on the author Richard Cytowic, DGG noted this review in the Times Higher Education Supplement .  There may be other reviews, which would satisfy WP:BK.  However, even if this eventually passes WP:BK, this article clearly needs substantial expansion.  A one sentence stub is essentially useless. Edhubbard (talk) 03:54, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * If you expand the article and show that it satisfies WP:BK, I will gladly withdraw this AFD. Nosleep  break my slumber 03:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep Google News search found dozens of sources all of which could be used to expand the article and demonstrate the book satisfies the notability standards. Alansohn (talk) 04:39, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Good expansion. Hopefully better sourcing is also coming. Nosleep break my slumber 04:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep - Book is significant, as is author. Ed Fitzgerald t / c 05:59, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Increased content and sourcing has been added following this nomination. Mandsford (talk) 13:06, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Expanded version looks very good. Gandalf61 (talk) 13:40, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. One (talk) 16:14, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. WP:BEFORE, anyone?— S Marshall   Talk / Cont  18:47, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn before a SNOWball fight breaks out. Please understand, the article looked like this when I nominated it. "This is a book by some guy" doesn't exactly scream notability, and all I found in web searches were links to the book being for sale. Nosleep  break my slumber 02:11, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.