Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Shapiro

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 of the debate was keep all. Sjakkalle (Check!) 13:58, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Shapiro

And:

• David Shapiro (Economist)
• David Shapiro (poet)

Created by the same user that brought us Jacob Kosoff (now userfied to User:Jacob Kosoff), and both entries appear to be of questionable notability (the economist more so than the poet). Delete the disambiguation page, delete the economist page, and weak delete the poet page. --Nlu (talk) 10:17, 20 May 2006 (UTC)In light of comments by Fucyfre below, revert disambiguation page to be about the poet and delete the current economist and poet pages. --Nlu (talk) 12:11, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

I think there's an error here. I'm the creator of the entry on David Shapiro the poet. Is it possible you meant that the user you refer to created the disambiguation entry and some confusion followed. Shapiro the poet would certainly seem in my understanding to easily merit significance more than sufficient for inclusion, having been published by major New York publishers, eg, Dutton, Holt Rinehart, Random House, in addition to small presses, NEA and NEH recognition, etc. Fucyfre 11:30, 20 May 2006 (UTC).

[1] shows Jacob Kosoff (talk · contribs) as the one who created it, but I think what happened was that he copy/pasted it and then changed David Shapiro into a disambiguation page. --Nlu (talk) 12:11, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Looks like a mistake indeed. At least the poet is notable enough. If you find the economist prominent, it's keep for all. And fix the copy-paste damage. --Tone 13:32, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

In my opinion the economist page looks like a vanity page, but I'd like more people's opinion on this before (speedy) deleting it. --Nlu (talk) 14:27, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm new at Wikipedia, so correct me if I'm in error as to proper process, but as there seems acknowledgemet that the entry for David Shapiro, poet, meets criteria, I'll remove the deletion tag. Fucyfre 14:14, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

No, please leave AfD notices alone until the AfD is closed by an admin or in the case of a multiple nomination the AfD for that specific article is with drawn by the nominator (and usually the nom would remove it).--blue520 14:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Apologies. I stand corrected. Fucyfre 14:25, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Also, the Redlink to David Shapiro (Rabbi) should stay for now. It is linked to from Maimonides School. -Reuvenk_{T C E} 05:32, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

My suggestion would be to keep the poet and to eliminate the rabbi. The economist info looks like a stub though. Could be expanded or eliminated?

• Keep all The economist seems to enough Ghits to establish notability, poet seems to be notable, so obviously disambig page stays too. Paddles 15:33, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep — Sufficiently notable. I think there may also be a couple of other David Shapiro's of note that are not listed. — RJH 17:17, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep – Both. The economist would seem, from University of Chicago publication alone to meet notability criterion, and the entry for the poet (which I created) I've addressed above. If there's consensus, might it be appropriate to remove the tag? Fucyfre 01:49, 26 May 2006 (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.