Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael J. Gelb

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. The consensus below is that the coverage, though it focuses on his work naturally enough, is sufficient to justify an article. Eluchil404 (talk) 04:54, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Michael J. Gelb

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No claims as to notability appear in the text. Searching results indicate a lack of non-trivial coverage by multiple, reliable, third-party sources. JFHJr (㊟) 20:36, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Regrettably no notability when I tried to find some. Collect (talk) 20:45, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:34, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Former puff piece, no notability. Drmies (talk) 18:48, 18 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- OK, I've changed my mind, with thanks to Goodvac, esp. for finding this review, which is hilarious. "This is dangerous stuff." Drmies (talk) 20:59, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Gelb meets WP:AUTHOR (3c).
His How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day has "won significant critical attention", having received reviews at the following—"Mere genius can't begin to describe him" from Wausau Daily Herald, "No science to genius just art" from The Manhattan Mercury, "The Only Thing This Book Will Motivate Is Sleep" from Chicago Tribune, "What you can learn from da Vinci" from Chicago Sun-Times, "On the Same Page with Leonardo" from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Pointing Up the Lessons of Da Vinci" from The Philadelphia Inquirer (includes substantial biographical information), "Create like Leonardo innovate like Edison" from Investment Advisor, and "A Genuis for Marketing" from Ottawa Citizen.
His Discover Your Genius: How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds has been reviewed in "Self-help from 10 geniuses" from USA Today.
His More Balls Than Hands: Juggling Your Way to Success by Learning to Love Your Mistakes has been reviewed in "Juggling helps focus mind-body link, author says" from USA Today.
General biographical articles about Gelb include "Da Vinci At Dinner" from The Washington Post, "Have a ball (Interview)" from IndustryWeek, and "You, too, can be as smart as that other Leonardo: Brainy author tells how" from National Post. To a degree, these latter sources contain enough biographical information to contribute to passage of the GNG. Goodvac (talk) 05:43, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 20:47, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Goodvac. Alessandra Napolitano (talk) 21:48, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. 2nd relist due to BLP. Thanks, Black Kite (t) 00:33, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails notability for GNG. --Cox wasan (talk) 21:17, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Did you cast as much as a glance at the links above? Explain how eight reviews of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci and three articles with substantial biographical information do not confer notability via WP:AUTHOR and the GNG, respectively. Goodvac (talk) 22:43, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Don't be surprised by Cox wasan's behavior... I'm increasely suspecting Cow wasan is a bot that randomly gives "delete" votes with the same identical, poor comment.--Cavarrone (talk) 22:25, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Goodvac - nice finds. Subject meets WP:AUTHOR. Gongshow ^Talk 05:50, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Goodvac good-work, the links he provided support a claim of notability linked to the WP:AUTHOR criteria.--Cavarrone (talk) 22:25, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Reviews are one of the things that prove the notability of books and of their authors. It is, btw, not necessary for the reviews to cover the routine biography of the author in any detail. Hemingway had a very interesting personal life, but he'd be just as notable if we knew nothing about him except his books, the way we know almost nothing of Sappho. People are notable for the work they do. As for the work, the books are very widely read How to think like Leonardo Da Vinci is in over 1000 US libraries! His sound recording from it is in almost 900! Discover your genius is in almost 800; Body Leaning in 700.His works have been translated into Spanish. Chinese, German, Japanese , Polish, French, Swedish, Danish, Slovenian, Persian, Turkish, and Vietnamese. (all accordiung to Worldcat) What the article needs is not deletion, but expansion.. DGG ( talk ) 01:26, 29 November 2011 (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 deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.