Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheldon Goldfarb

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The result was delete. ·Add§hore· ^{Talk To Me!} 03:45, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sheldon Goldfarb

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Non-notable author. Works consist of 1 edition of a minor novel by Thackeray, which was his doctoral thesis [1] and republished as part of a collected edition, [2], a routine bibliography of Thackeray, and 1 mystery novel, a book in only 10 libraries. No academic positions. This is not enough to make him an expert according to WP:PRO or WP:Author. DGG ( talk ) 05:36, 12 January 2013 (UTC) DGG ( talk ) 05:36, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Appears to be only two citations to the work of this Thackeray scholar. Xxanthippe (talk) 06:10, 12 January 2013 (UTC).[reply]
Delete. His children's mystery novel was shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis Award (juvenile category) [3] but didn't win, and the scholarly books have had no impact in terms of citations or library holdings. Not enough to pass WP:AUTHOR or WP:PROF. There are local write-ups on him the UBC student newspaper [4] and British Columbia Jewish Independent [5]. Not enough to pass WP:GNG. Voceditenore (talk) 06:37, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Dreadful article - ill-informed, excruciatingly badly written and completely non-notable! WoodstockEarth (talk) 10:15, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I did find some mentions of him in various books on Victorian era stuff. He's name dropped quite a bit, enough to where I'd say that something he wrote would be usable as a reliable source. But does that make him notable? I don't know, to be honest. I did dig up some sources for him. I would also say that the Grumpy Old Bookman blog review might be one of the very rare times when a blog source might be usable as a RS for a book review. I don't know that it's savable, but I did add some stuff to the article.Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 18:06, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

all academics give thanks to everyone they've ever met at any occasion. Authors do similarly, and I suppose other professions also. This means nothing. It's why we require significant references. I take a very broad and flexible view of what counts as significant, but the absolute opposite of significant is "mention" DGG ( talk ) 05:12, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for lack of evidence of passing WP:PROF or any other notability guideline. Being an independent scholar, although unusual, does not preclude academic notability, but in this case the citation record does not support WP:PROF#C1, most of the other WP:PROF criteria assume a professional academic career, and we don't have the in-depth coverage of him in independent reliable sources needed for WP:GNG. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:32, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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