Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deborah Mathis

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The result was keep. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:01, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Deborah Mathis

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Very close to failing WP:NJOURNALIST. I found two sources, one from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas and another from here. I couldn't find anything else that would confer notability, either as a journalist or as an author. Therapyisgood (talk) 00:13, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why is having a full biography in another encyclopaedia not an indication that something is encyclopaedic? The subject has an entry in ISBN 9780313336812, too. That's a third encyclopaedia. Uncle G (talk) 01:11, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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weak keep she has an entry in the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame. seems she would pass WP:NJOURNALIST#1 "The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors." --hroest 13:32, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:ANYBIO #1 & #3. pburka (talk) 13:13, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - in addition to the entry on her in Encyclopedia of Arkansas mentioned above, she is also has an entry in the Greenwood Press book African Americans in the Media Today (pgs. 290-292)[1], those combined with being in the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame make this a clear pass of WP:ANYBIO. Plus reviews of two of her books here[2]; this profile in Ebony[3] makes this a WP:GNG pass as well. Netherzone (talk) 16:41, 9 April 2021 (UTC)`[reply]
- The second book (which is a biographical encyclopaedia) was mentioned above, too. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 19:57, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:ANYBIO and WP:GNG, as noted above. Beccaynr (talk) 18:15, 9 April 2021 (UTC) I also found she was selected for a fellowship at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, another review of one of her books, and a reference to a book she co-authored in The Paris Review. Beccaynr (talk) 05:29, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep She has published books with major publishers such as Simon and Schuster and Penguin and also has been the subject of major media coverage. --SouthernNights (talk) 12:29, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:ANYBIO and WP:GNG, as noted above. GooeyMitch (talk) 15:58, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Passes GNG as per stated above by others. Kichu🐘 ^{Need any help?} 05:34, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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