Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sholom Gherman

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The result was delete. It is not relevant how many books he wrote. The significant thing is how many independent sources wrote about him in depth. SpinningSpark 11:26, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sholom Gherman

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Doesn't meet WP:BIO or WP:GNG. Boleyn (talk) 17:20, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:31, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Philosophy-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:31, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:31, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Googled him but only found a single book, The talks about aesthetics, no biographies or whatever. Won't pass WP:GNG anytime soon. Myuno (talk) 17:54, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Another book: https://philpapers.org/rec/GERTTT Yet another publication: https://search.rsl.ru/ru/record/01005731598 Sometimes the last name is spelled as German (without "h") or even Herman. It's easier to find references using the full name in Russian: Герман, Шолом Манович Dr.KBAHT (talk) 01:05, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete He wrote a few books, but doesn't appear to meet notability criteria. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:19, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 18:23, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete or Draft I don't see how it meets Notability for academics. Looked in Russian also, not many sources or coverage. Would need to show more clearly how it demonstrates notability. Sheijiashaojun (talk) 22:38, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I added WorldCat links to his works. Those links confirm that the books are available in Princeton, Stanford, Yale and many other universities. They were translated into English, French, German. Google Scholar shows several citations, even though all these works were published long before Google Scholar existed: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%D0%A8%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC+%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87+%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD Dr.KBAHT (talk) 23:11, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I see only three citations of one co-authored book. Sheijiashaojun (talk) 11:43, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there are 0 citations of Thales of Miletus, the father of Philosophy. Those 3 citations are from 2003, 2009 and 2018. So, that book is still cited almost 50 years after it was published. Dr.KBAHT (talk) 15:01, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unless actual notability- not just one book- is established. --SilverTiger12 (talk) 23:19, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There are 4 books listed in the article. According to WorldCat, all of them are indexed in the main libraries worldwide. I've also added 4 secondary sources. Dr.KBAHT (talk) 01:35, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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