Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meir Blinken

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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) –Aaronw1109 ^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:34, 7 January 2021 (UTC) [reply]

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Quick search turned up few relevant results, none of which were notable. Relatives of notable people are not inherently notable. Also only one source. –Aaronw1109 ^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:53, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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• Strong keep: I attempted a WP:HEY because I believe that the subject plainly passes WP:GNG. In just a few minutes of searching I found half a dozen dedicated reviews of his books. It is extremely rare for a (mostly) fiction author from more than a century ago who wrote in a language other than English to have easily available online reviews of their work, and this is clear evidence of notability. Many literary critics were still actively reviewing, critiquing, and even compiling and re-publishing his books just within the last few decades, even including a university press publication of his collected works. In light of this he also has a clear argument under WP:AUTHOR 3: critics specifically and repeatedly focus on his co-creation with other members of his generation of a new type of Yiddish-American literature. Needless to say, this notability is not contingent on his relatives, so the fact that he got a recent bump in news coverage from his relative being named to a government post doesn't mean that WP:NOTINHERITED takes away his notability as a writer. - Astrophobe (talk) 06:11, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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