Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sokunthary Svay

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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure) >SerialNumber54129^{...speculates} 17:56, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sokunthary Svay[edit]

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WP:BLP, written more like the primary source "about the author" PR statement at the top of a GoodReads profile than like an encyclopedia article, about a writer with no strong claim to passing WP:NAUTHOR and no strong reliable source coverage to pass WP:GNG. This has no footnotes at all, but instead is "referenced" to a linkfarm of straight external links, of which two are WordPress blogs, three are her own primary source contributor profiles on publications she writes for, one is a piece of her own writing, one is a routine listing in an events calendar and one is a YouTube clip of her speaking (none of which are sources that can support notability at all) — and the only link that's even slightly acceptable is a Q&A interview, a type of source which can be used for suppelementary verification of stray facts after GNG has already been passed by stronger sources but cannot in and of itself bring the GNG as it represents the subject speaking about herself rather than being analyzed or discussed by third parties. All of which means that none of the sourcing here is adequate, and nothing claimed in the text is a strong enough claim of notability to exempt her from having to be much better sourced than this. Bearcat (talk) 15:52, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:25, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Thailand-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:25, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:25, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Hadn't heard of "Pushcart": found a link to Pushcart Prize. Then also found this interesting source: Open Letter to Pushcart Nominated Folks . PamD 10:29, 12 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:16, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:10, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: While this article is very poorly written and needs a lot of work, Sokunthary Svay meets WP:GNG as there are RS that discuss the subject. Asian American Press and Literary Hub are just two of these that can be converted from EL's to in-line citations. Carajou (talk) 04:32, 26 December 2017 (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.