Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wendy Helsby (author)


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 17:07, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Wendy Helsby (author)

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Helsby is published, but there appears to be little available in terms of reliable sources to create a verifiable biography or to assert that her work is notable enough to meet WP:PROF. Google doesn't help much... &mdash; Scientizzle 01:08, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.   —John Z (talk) 06:42, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 *  Very Weak Keep google of "understanding reputation" Helsby takes patience. result 43 shows it it being used as a text at Berkeley, no. 52 shows it being used as a text at Minnesota;  Impt use as a textbook is one of the standards for notability; normally we'd want more than 2 universities, but the google coverage of these is erratic, and they are both very important universities in the subject.  DGG (talk) 19:49, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete her book Understanding Reputation may be notable, but there's no evidence the author is. RMHED (talk) 23:48, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.   -- Raven1977 (talk) 16:14, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * weak Keep per WP:Creative as her numerous books are used in education throughout the US and UK. The article is now sourced and {slightly) expanded. And if RMHED grants that her book is notable, how can that not be her notability as its author??  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 23:03, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I see no evidence of her other books being used anywhere, and I consider all of the sources essentially booksellers blogs. I continue to think it borderline. What would be needed is to show that her books are used as the standard texts, more than other books, and I know of no really convenient sources for that; they may exist--possibly one of the publications in the field has done a llist or a survey. DGG (talk) 23:55, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Is there a "google textbook" as there is a google scholar?  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 01:33, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * These seem to show her books as being used in a few places, anyway... Understanding RepresentationTeaching TV Quiz ShowsLanguage PuzzlesTeaching TV Advertising  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 01:42, 27 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. The notability of a book is not inherited.  If there are no reliable third party sources about this subject, a living person biography, then delete it.  JBsupreme (talk) 17:28, 27 October 2008 (UTC)


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