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Delete Not enough evidence that this meets notability guidelines
Boleyn (
talk) 23:30, 24 December 2009 (UTC)reply
This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing
step 3). It is listed now.
DumbBOT (
talk) 13:16, 28 December 2009 (UTC)reply
Keep Award winning writer/ editor (at a major market paper) and author. Seems to me to clearly meet notability guidelines and probably needs to be expanded. The article's sourcing certainly could be improved.
ChildofMidnight (
talk) 21:00, 28 December 2009 (UTC)reply
Delete, not actually "award winning", although he was nominated, as a cursory read of the article and sources would have shown. I'm not seeing any actual coverage of Barrett himself.
Lankiveil(
speak to me) 07:12, 1 January 2010 (UTC).reply
You think the newspaper he works for keeps a dishonest biography of his achievments? That seems scandalous! Do you have any proof?
ChildofMidnight (
talk) 04:14, 2 January 2010 (UTC)reply
Hmmmm... Is it possible he won it a different year? I couldn't find anything about it. But our article does say he was nominated for the award (which is some evidence of notability) and doesn't repeat his biography's claim. As an author and prominent figure in travel writing for decades at two major newspapers aren't the other achievments enough to establish notability?
ChildofMidnight (
talk) 16:50, 2 January 2010 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, (
X! ·
talk) ·
@303 · 06:16, 4 January 2010 (UTC)reply
Keep Reviewed in New York Times
[1] "the book is superbly researched by Frank Barrett", making his writing meet minimum notability standards.
Collect (
talk) 13:56, 4 January 2010 (UTC)reply
Keep. Sufficient coverage of his notable work to meet the GNG's requirements.
Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (
talk) 16:43, 4 January 2010 (UTC)reply
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