Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johan Norberg

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The result was Keep per Snow/Speedy Keep - Non-Admin Closure . Fosnez (talk) 10:53, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Johan Norberg[edit]

Non-notable person whose subject article here is an artificial attempt to manufacture notability. This is essentially a vanity bio. Fails the criteria detailed in WP:Prof, as the "honors" awarded to the subject were handed out simply by his think-tank colleagues and/or employers and publisher, NOT by independent academics or authorities. J.R. Hercules (talk) 02:57, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep He has recieved an award for a published work. That constitutes notability. Undeath (talk) 03:09, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Only if the award and publications are notable. --Pgagnon999 (talk) 03:27, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The awards and and publication are notable. Undeath (talk) 05:17, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. A bit of due diligence on the part of the nominator would have turned up multiple articles in multiple English-language publications setting aside whatever Swedish-language notability he has. --Dhartung | Talk 05:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep ample news on him, scholarly articles referencing him and books referring to his work - Peripitus (Talk) 06:09, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep This has got to be one of the most preposterous nominations I've seen in a long time. Johan Norberg is today probobly the most recognized Swedish political writer internationally, and a well known advocate of capitalism and liberalism. Please do at least some basic research before nominating an article like this. /Slarre (talk) 07:01, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep What Slarre said. Janm67 (talk) 08:38, 18 February 2008 (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.