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The result was keep. Vanamonde ( Talk) 22:20, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
Phyllis A. Balch
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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NWRITER. No significant coverage. AviationFreak 💬 20:55, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
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- Comment her book, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, co-authored with James Balch, is very popular and widely cited, so is probably notable. If someone wants to create a stub for the book, this stub for the author could be redirected. pburka ( talk) 21:10, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
- Keep, or agree with pburka. Found a Publishers Weekly review, Library Journal, some hits through an academic database, some citations. Penguin makes some bold sales claims that I can't find any sources for, but her most popular book has gone through multiple editions, and another has gone through at least a second (I'm not making any argument for their claims). Caro7200 ( talk) 21:26, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
- Weak keep for now. I'm finding some biographical information on her. I'm not sure that the sales claims should say, but wow, some of her works have had quite a few editions! I think will meet WP:NAUTHOR by the time we're through with the article. DiamondRemley39 ( talk) 00:41, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
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- Weak keep It seems like her book has gotten some attention. So, I'm willing to say weak keep for now with the caveat that someone should create an article for the book at some point and redirect this article to it. If that never happens though, then I suggest this be renominated and deleted. -- Adamant1 ( talk) 06:54, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
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