Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles le Gai Eaton

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.

[edit] Charles le Gai Eaton

The result was No consensus. Richard 07:11, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

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No evidence of any notability within article that has remained a stub now for over a year Sefringle^Talk 00:30, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 05:23, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - according to the article at least he's an author, journalist and diplomat. Being a stub, in itself, is not a reason for non-notability Misheu 05:30, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
• Comment the only source in the article is islamreligion.com, not a reliable source, and this source doesn't prove notability.--Sefringle^Talk 05:33, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

He is most mentioned on Islamic websites, but his books are sold on Amazon and from comments about him he is a respected author in Muslim circles Misheu 08:35, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Mentioned in passing here, an article which is copied several places online, but no other results in Google News Archive except some paywalled mentions in the Daily Gleaner (Jamaica) where he's a functionary for the UK Foreign Office, something like a USAID country director. Not a notable diplomat in other words. Fails primary subject criterion of WP:BIO. --Dhartung | Talk 07:50, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep paywalled articles are not non-notable, and the Daily Gleaner is a well-known major publication. Q-News though not well-known appears a high quality publication. A country director for the USAID or equivalent is I think notable. As Misheu says, an author published and known mainly in Muslim circles is no less notable than one known in the US. DGG 18:47, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

• Comment I didn't say that paywalled articles failed RS or anything. I just meant I couldn't link to them or access the full text myself. One was a society page and the other mentioned that he was doing some negotiations with the Governor-General (according to the Google results page), possibly in connection with forthcoming Jamaican independence. As for being a notable Muslim author, we should have reliable sources for that. --Dhartung | Talk 20:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

• Keep - I will second Misheu, he is a well known author among Muslim circles as is evident from any online search.Nazli 08:04, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
• Comment and from one of the references, Sunday Times: "Many converts have been inspired by the writings of Charles Le Gai Eaton, a former Foreign Office diplomat. Eaton, author of Islam and the Destiny of Man, said: ??I have received letters from people who are put off by the wishy-washy standards of contemporary Christianity and they are looking for a religion which does not compromise too much with the modern world" DGG 05:27, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

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.