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The result was Keep. There is a rough consensus below that the additional sources proffered during the course of the AfD are sufficient to establish notability.
Eluchil404 (
talk) 06:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)reply
Delete perhaps at best as my searches found a few links but this is still questionable for WP:CREATIVE.
SwisterTwistertalk 02:42, 16 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment – @
SwisterTwister: Is your !vote based upon just viewing the links and guessing that the coverage was not substantial, perhaps based upon how many times the subject's name appears in source summaries, or did you actually read the articles? I found many links by using the find sources template atop and then actually reading the articles. North America1000 14:03, 1 April 2016 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:29, 22 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Delete There is not significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.
Swangtgd (
talk) 21:10, 23 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment – @
Swangtgd: Actually, that's not correct. Please see the sources I have provided below. Also pinging other users here to review sources: @
Mdude04 and
SwisterTwister:. North America1000 08:52, 30 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep – The subject passes point #3 of
WP:NAUTHOR because his works have received "multiple independent periodical articles or reviews" and also meets
WP:BASIC.
– The subject is clearly notable per Wikipedia's standards. Most of the sources above were found by using links in the Find sources template above. It makes no sense for this article to be deleted per a lack of source searching that includes the viewing and actual reading of the sources that are available about the subject and his works. See also
WP:BEFORE and
WP:NEXIST. North America1000 08:51, 30 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment, here are some more reviews further showing that
WP:ANYBIO is also met: The Abundance - "The narrative is slow, but sumptuous with recipes and reflection. Mr Majmudar, who is also a poet, imbues his prose with phrases and metaphors that linger with the warmth of spices." - The Economist[1], indeed based on the reviews (by
Booklist,
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Good Housekeeping,
Kirkus Reviews and
Publishers Weekly) listed at amazon here
[2] a separate book article could be created, Partitions - "Majmudar writes with the incisive prose of a poet and the unflinching eye of a scientist" and "The book’s flaw — if it’s a flaw — is that we’re so close to our subjects at every moment that we lose sight of the river they’re swept away by" - Hyphen magazine[3], and some more by (oh, oh
) those trade magazines kirkus "In his magnificent first novel" and "Written with piercing beauty, alive with moral passion and sorrowful insight—a rueful masterpiece." -
[4]; and pw "Poet Majmudar's unconvincing debut novel" - and "Tedious though not clumsy, ... but even the dark ending can't shake the notion that the whole endeavor feels like a semisanitized and oversensationalized theme park ride." -
[5], and pw reviewing Dothead: Poems, "Aided by his unforgiving eye and a seemingly effortless ability to electrify his images, he composes a portrait of humankind that exposes its overreliance on the persuasive strength of fear." and "But throughout Majmudar keeps focused on one task: exposing what he views as the hollow American claims to being a “melting pot,” as only those who appease the fickle identity of an American are guaranteed their own freedom." -
[6].
Coolabahapple (
talk) 14:37, 1 April 2016 (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
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.
The result was Keep. There is a rough consensus below that the additional sources proffered during the course of the AfD are sufficient to establish notability.
Eluchil404 (
talk) 06:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)reply
Delete perhaps at best as my searches found a few links but this is still questionable for WP:CREATIVE.
SwisterTwistertalk 02:42, 16 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment – @
SwisterTwister: Is your !vote based upon just viewing the links and guessing that the coverage was not substantial, perhaps based upon how many times the subject's name appears in source summaries, or did you actually read the articles? I found many links by using the find sources template atop and then actually reading the articles. North America1000 14:03, 1 April 2016 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:29, 22 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Delete There is not significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.
Swangtgd (
talk) 21:10, 23 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment – @
Swangtgd: Actually, that's not correct. Please see the sources I have provided below. Also pinging other users here to review sources: @
Mdude04 and
SwisterTwister:. North America1000 08:52, 30 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep – The subject passes point #3 of
WP:NAUTHOR because his works have received "multiple independent periodical articles or reviews" and also meets
WP:BASIC.
– The subject is clearly notable per Wikipedia's standards. Most of the sources above were found by using links in the Find sources template above. It makes no sense for this article to be deleted per a lack of source searching that includes the viewing and actual reading of the sources that are available about the subject and his works. See also
WP:BEFORE and
WP:NEXIST. North America1000 08:51, 30 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment, here are some more reviews further showing that
WP:ANYBIO is also met: The Abundance - "The narrative is slow, but sumptuous with recipes and reflection. Mr Majmudar, who is also a poet, imbues his prose with phrases and metaphors that linger with the warmth of spices." - The Economist[1], indeed based on the reviews (by
Booklist,
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Good Housekeeping,
Kirkus Reviews and
Publishers Weekly) listed at amazon here
[2] a separate book article could be created, Partitions - "Majmudar writes with the incisive prose of a poet and the unflinching eye of a scientist" and "The book’s flaw — if it’s a flaw — is that we’re so close to our subjects at every moment that we lose sight of the river they’re swept away by" - Hyphen magazine[3], and some more by (oh, oh
) those trade magazines kirkus "In his magnificent first novel" and "Written with piercing beauty, alive with moral passion and sorrowful insight—a rueful masterpiece." -
[4]; and pw "Poet Majmudar's unconvincing debut novel" - and "Tedious though not clumsy, ... but even the dark ending can't shake the notion that the whole endeavor feels like a semisanitized and oversensationalized theme park ride." -
[5], and pw reviewing Dothead: Poems, "Aided by his unforgiving eye and a seemingly effortless ability to electrify his images, he composes a portrait of humankind that exposes its overreliance on the persuasive strength of fear." and "But throughout Majmudar keeps focused on one task: exposing what he views as the hollow American claims to being a “melting pot,” as only those who appease the fickle identity of an American are guaranteed their own freedom." -
[6].
Coolabahapple (
talk) 14:37, 1 April 2016 (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
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