The result was keep. Sandstein 21:56, 20 November 2008 (UTC) reply
I entered "John Olson" into Google numerous times, each time coupled with one of his works as mentioned onto the page. Most of them received hits only in the 20s range, and one or two had sixties at most. From what I can gather, the only real claim of notability that he won an annual "Genius award" from "The Stranger", an alternative weekly newspaper in Seattle. CyberGhostface ( talk) 01:02, 15 November 2008 (UTC) reply
As a member of the innovative poetry community, I can attest that John Olson is a widely respected and influential author. He represents an American strain of surrealist and Dada writing and has been published by prominent presses and in countless literary magazines. His book of selected poems, BACKSCATTER, was published by Black Widow Press. Check out the web site of Black Widow and you'll see their list of authors is world class. And I don't know how CyberGhostface performed his Google search, but when I searched John Olson's name coupled with BACKSCATTER I got 194 hits on this new title. It would do a great disservice to Wikipedia's mission of representing a broad spectrum of cultural activity, as opposed to corporate-sponsored trivia, to delete John Olson's entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ignaz Mees ( talk • contribs) 03:41, 18 November 2008 (UTC) reply
Hi -- creator of article here, to kindly suggest considering the following, from the May 2008 on-line calendar of Open Books: A Poem Emporium (a venerable poetry bookstore): "Olson was an early winner of The Stranger's Genius Grant and is well-known in Seattle's, and the nation's, experimental writing communities." http://www.openpoetrybooks.com/calendar/archives/000322.html The Open Book people know what's up with poetry: it's their specialty. Thanks.