Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Abrahamson

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The result was The result is keep, since he's notable being an author of major books.--Alasdair 13:10, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eric Abrahamson

Eric Abrahamson (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

WP:NN. Ghits refer to another person with the same name. Brewcrewer 05:59, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, W.marsh 23:46, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

• Weak delete. This individual is more on the borderline of notability than most AfD's I see here. His two claims to notability are that he was an unsuccessful political candidate for Lieutenant-Governor of a US State (which doesn't confer much notability, AFAIK) and that he has written some books. His corporate affiliation is with a kind of "corporate history" company, where he is paid to research the history of a company and present it back to the company for consideration, and potentially to the public in order to develop a brand. Thus, his co-writing of "Entrepreneurship and the Creation of a Wireless World" was, I believe, done to order by a corporate sponsor and is a kind of self-publishing -- and that, I suggest, ultimately doesn't confer notability. His company is interesting and somewhat unusual but not really notable in the greater scheme of things. If there's more notability that could attach to him for whatever reason, I'd look at my "weak delete" suggestion again. Accounting4Taste 02:07, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I defer to DGG's accurate assessment of Harvard Business School Press/Cambridge University Press, which same tips the balance for me in the "keep" direction; not even a weak keep, but full-on. Accounting4Taste 21:05, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep His 3 most widely held books are major works, held in many hundreds of public and academic libraries, according to WorldCat. He is not "affiliated" with a corporate history company--he runs it. Some of his works may be sponsored, but clearly not all. Cambridge University press does not publish sponsored works without scholarly merit. Neither does Harvard Business School Press. this isn't self-publication--but publication by two of the most prestigious possible publishers in the field. DGG (talk) 22:14, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
• Weak delete Per Accounting4Taste. --Strothra 22:50, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep article asserts notability as a historian/author. Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 23:03, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

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