Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phyllis Shalant

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The result was keep. ✗plicit 07:06, 26 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Phyllis Shalant

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Couldn't find anything like significant coverage. Non-notable childrens' author. PepperBeast (talk) 02:31, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and Authors. PepperBeast (talk) 02:31, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Regards notability, I added a list of five awards she has received for her work as well as a citation to a 2000 interview in the New York Times.

She has well over a dozen publications, not all of them cited in the article.

She certainly is notable as a New York writer of pedagogical books.

The definition of notability can include success of a local writer with national publications and doesn’t necessarily require that one be the most notable in their field. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Botendaddy (talk • contribs) 04:43, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Looks like a clear WP:NAUTHOR pass based on reviews (listed here [1]). Haven't checked them myself, so not voting keep (yet). Article really needs cleanup or stubification though. -- asilvering (talk) 06:27, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Women and New York. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:25, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. At least 6 of her books earned Kirkus reviews[2] and I found another 5 reviews on PW[3]. Easily passes WP:NAUTHOR#3. pburka (talk) 18:36, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. WorldCat lists 19 published books by this author, dating as far back as 1991. Her book publishers include Puffin Books, Dutton Children's Books, Julian Messner, and Braille International. — Maile (talk) 00:31, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 14:15, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. While merely publishing books is not sufficient for WP:NAUTHOR, I think that the PW and Kirkus reviews do meet the requirements WP:NAUTHOR. Given the age of much of the work, it is likely that other reviews exist that have not been uncovered. The NYTimes interview [4] further supports. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 14:24, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The reviews of her books establish notability as informed by WP:AUTHOR CT55555 (talk) 15:13, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - the Wikipedia Library includes: five reviews in School Library Journal (for The Society of Super Secret Heroes, Bartleby of the Big Bad Bayou, When Pirates Came to Brooklyn, The Rock Star, the Rooster, and Me, the Reporter, and Shalom, Geneva Peace), a brief biography in The Writers Directory (2018, via Gale), a review in Booklist and Multicultural Review for When Pirates Came to Brooklyn, reviews in Book Report of Shalom, Geneva Peace and The Great Eye, a review in Library Talk of Bartleby of the Mighty Mississippi, an interview with some independent content: "For a Book, Going Where the Turtles Are" (NYT, 2000, via Gale), and Booklist reviews for Bartleby of the Big Bad Bayou (via Gale) and The Society of Secret Super-Heroes (via Gale). ProQuest offers additional sources, including reviews from The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. WP:AUTHOR#3 appears well-supported. Beccaynr (talk) 03:13, 26 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.