Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Behar (writer/editor)

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The result was speedily deleted per G7 by Fastily (talk · contribs). Non-admin closure. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 20:02, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Behar (writer/editor)

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Twelve of the references, yes twelve, are to his own website. And that doesn't count the external link. The rest are either questionable reliable sources or simply not significant coverage. Fails to pass WP:N, created by single purpose account (SPA). Dennis Brown (talk) 17:20, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 17:22, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete - the initial editor appears to be a novice, and was using in-line external links to copies of articles Behar has written that were stored on his website. I switched them to reference links as a temporary measure; ultimately, each should be referenced to the original publication (National Geographic magazine, Wired, etc.) As such, the quantity of references to the author's site should not be held against the article in terms of deletion; it's something that can be addressed through editing (unless we have some real doubt that the subject actually wrote for the magazines in question). However, these references all establish merely that he wrote things that were published, and do not establish notability. The claim that he was interviewed about his work on New Zealand radio does suggest some notability; looking at the descriptor given on the podcast page, it sounds like he was talked about the topic of some of his work (hair loss) rather than his creating the work itself ("Where do you get your ideas?"), which means it does less to establish his notability. The OnEarth and Bylner sites have brief about-the-author bits, but those are expected in certain situations and do not establish notabiity. --Nat Gertler (talk) 18:34, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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