Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marla Alupoaicei

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 (non-admin closure), notability is confirmed. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:17, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Marla Alupoaicei[edit]

Promotional article for a non-notable Christian writer. Speedy declined because the article asserts notability with published works but nevertheless it completely fails the basic criteria of WP:BIO - no references which are "reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject". Google only turns up bookstores and a couple of Christian sites - in-group stuff, not independent. andy (talk) 13:36, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. andy (talk) 23:00, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. andy (talk) 23:00, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

keep The Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize is a notable accomplishment. She has also had articles published by the Dallas Theological Seminary which one could say gives academic value to her work as a writer. We should assume good faith by the intention of the articles creator instead of assuming that this article is for promotional purposes.(Roodhouse1 (talk) 20:35, 11 August 2008 (UTC))[reply]

comment Marla was also a winner of the Writer’s Digest 76th Annual Writing Competition for Nonrhyming Poetry. Another notable competition for writers. I found that info on the fifth page of a yahoo search with her name as the search. I think the article needs some work, but it seems to pass notability. (Roodhouse1 (talk) 20:45, 11 August 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, lifebaka++ 13:17, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I think the question here is that without any reliable sources specifically about the author are the two awards enough to provide notability. I am leaning toward a keep for this. Anyone else have any comments? --Captain-tucker (talk) 18:22, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep, based on the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize. Nsk92 (talk) 18:11, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep sources on published works would be helpful but awards show a level of notablity Captain-tucker (talk) 20:46, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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