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The result was delete. Courcelles (talk) 04:16, 3 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

David B. Axelrod (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Thinly referenced biography (probably an autobiography) of a not-notable writer. Poet laureate of small suburban area in central Florida and was one of dozens of Fulbright award winners one year. Received one of a large number of "Florida Book Awards" annually given out by a college in mid-sized U.S. state of Florida. BlueSalix (talk) 17:57, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, I agree: delete, unfortunately. For a poet to be notable as a poet we'd need to see significant publications in the major journals, volumes published with reputable presses, reviews by reliable sources, etc. We don't have that here, I'm afraid. And I don't see any evidence of the subject being notable per WP:PROF, for instance, as an academic, or generally as a local cult here via WP:GNG. Sorry Mr. Axelrod. Drmies (talk) 18:01, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I have gone through all the sources listed by the subject himself at the reliable sources noticeboard and this Florida government press release (and this state funded magazine piece, which expand upon that) is the only independent, reliable source in the bunch. However the Florida Heritage Award is unlikely to suffice, by itself, to establish notability under WP:AUTHOR or WP:GNG, especially given that the book on Merlin Stone that won the award has two other authors. Unless more sources are forthcoming, the article should be deleted. I had posted this comment at the RSN board, before noticing the talk-page discussion, which led me to this AFD. Abecedare (talk) 18:07, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2015 August 26. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 18:30, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Abecedare (talk) 18:38, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Not enough coverage in independent reliable sources to verify or sustain an article. Subject fails general notability guidelines, WP:NPOET, WP:ANYBIO and WP:PROF. I can find no reviews of his work and his material which shows up in GScholar is un-cited. A spot check of previous versions (Going back to 2006!) does not show better versions of the article which might shown notability. Jbh^Talk 19:06, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Not much I can add to the research done by the editors who preceded my comments, except that the article was created by one of the co-authors of works previously mentioned, and the subject himself being a major contributor to the article. So, WP:COI can be added in with the other reasons. Scr★pIron^IV 20:19, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per all above. FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 21:04, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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