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The result was speedy keep. Note that a delete !vote has been struck per being cast by a confirmed sock. As such, this discussion has no outstanding delete !votes, because the nominator has withdrawn. North America100003:23, 31 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Lacks reliable independent secondary sources to establish notability as required by
WP:GNG. Sources offered are either broken links to nominations for awards the subject did not win or to her own webpages. The subject is the author of several children's books but none have articles (two were deleted) and none appears notable. Subject's sole claim to notability appears to be her marriage to
Rob Pike. Unfortunately, notability is not
WP:INHERITED. Googling turned up nothing useful for either her own name or her pen name.Msnicki (
talk)
02:08, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep simply for the listed awards because, yes, although I found nothing else better that is enough to keep this and hopefully it will be improved later.
SwisterTwistertalk05:25, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
She didn't win most of those awards, she was only nominated. She won only one of them, a ComiCon award. That's not exactly a Pulitzer or a Nobel. I don't think there's anything in the guidelines to indicate that's sufficient to establish notability. This article has been around since 2007. How long do you think we should wait for it to be improved?
Msnicki (
talk)
06:25, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep - "subject is the author of several children's books" is not quite right. Most of her work is for adults.
Here, for example, is a 2001 article in TIME titled "The Most Disturbing Artist You've Never Heard Of". In the comics world she is notable. Unique actually. There is plenty of reliable independent secondary source coverage of her work - book reviews, interviews, gallery exhibitions etc that is not difficult to find with google. The Wikipedia article does nor reflect RS coverage. "How long do you think we should wait for it to be improved?"...as long as it takes because the RS coverage exists and there's no deadline. Sean.hoyland - talk17:12, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
I don't think it's enough to merely claim there are plenty of sources. I think you need to find them. I could not. If you can, I will retract my nomination. But first, you need to find two good sources.
Msnicki (
talk)
21:52, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Okay, I will accept these sources. They tend to discuss her work, not the author herself, but I agree they are sufficient. I am withdrawing my nomination.
Msnicki (
talk)
00:05, 27 October 2015 (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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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 speedy keep. Note that a delete !vote has been struck per being cast by a confirmed sock. As such, this discussion has no outstanding delete !votes, because the nominator has withdrawn. North America100003:23, 31 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Lacks reliable independent secondary sources to establish notability as required by
WP:GNG. Sources offered are either broken links to nominations for awards the subject did not win or to her own webpages. The subject is the author of several children's books but none have articles (two were deleted) and none appears notable. Subject's sole claim to notability appears to be her marriage to
Rob Pike. Unfortunately, notability is not
WP:INHERITED. Googling turned up nothing useful for either her own name or her pen name.Msnicki (
talk)
02:08, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep simply for the listed awards because, yes, although I found nothing else better that is enough to keep this and hopefully it will be improved later.
SwisterTwistertalk05:25, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
She didn't win most of those awards, she was only nominated. She won only one of them, a ComiCon award. That's not exactly a Pulitzer or a Nobel. I don't think there's anything in the guidelines to indicate that's sufficient to establish notability. This article has been around since 2007. How long do you think we should wait for it to be improved?
Msnicki (
talk)
06:25, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep - "subject is the author of several children's books" is not quite right. Most of her work is for adults.
Here, for example, is a 2001 article in TIME titled "The Most Disturbing Artist You've Never Heard Of". In the comics world she is notable. Unique actually. There is plenty of reliable independent secondary source coverage of her work - book reviews, interviews, gallery exhibitions etc that is not difficult to find with google. The Wikipedia article does nor reflect RS coverage. "How long do you think we should wait for it to be improved?"...as long as it takes because the RS coverage exists and there's no deadline. Sean.hoyland - talk17:12, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
I don't think it's enough to merely claim there are plenty of sources. I think you need to find them. I could not. If you can, I will retract my nomination. But first, you need to find two good sources.
Msnicki (
talk)
21:52, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Okay, I will accept these sources. They tend to discuss her work, not the author herself, but I agree they are sufficient. I am withdrawing my nomination.
Msnicki (
talk)
00:05, 27 October 2015 (UTC)reply
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