Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pål Johan Karlsen

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The result was no consensus (keep). Proto::type 14:00, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pål Johan Karlsen

Definitely an autobiography going by the user name of the page creator. This is of dubious notability. He has two books, one of which shows up on Amazon.com, but it shows up as unavailable. 90% of google hits (about 500) are in Norwegian, and the remainder are his personal website. Seems to be a post-doc, which doesn't meet the criteria for academics. Irongargoyle 16:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I didn't mean to suggest that Norwegian Google hits were a negative, just that I couldn't verify them. Irongargoyle 16:24, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Non-notable autobiography.Fireplace 16:43, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment This probably fails WP:BIO, but I'd feel more comfortable if someone able to read/translate the Norwegian Ghits made that call. Scorpiondollprincess 16:44, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Hi, I am the author of the autobiography and understand your objections. However, I made a serious effort on meeting the three cardinal principles. I thought it would be important for people interested in gay fiction to know about the work published in Norwegian in 2002. Regarding my notability: I am a biographee in Marquis Who´s Who in the World 2006, Who´s Who in America 2007, Who is Who in Science and Engineering 2007, as well as in the 33rd edition of Dictionary of International Biography. I was approached by these publishers and since I am a frequent user of Wikipedia myself, I thought it would be useful for people who don´t have access to these dictionaries to find some of the information at Wikipedia. The books have been the cause of numerous reviews, interviews and articles in Norwegian press (100+ items in radio, television, newspapers, magazines). A pdf file containing many of these can be forwarded to interested parties. The publisher, Aschehoug, is the second largest in Norway and publishes writers like Salman Rushdie and Paul Auster. Regarding the contributions to cognitive psychology, these are published in multiple peer-reviewed journals with a high international impact factor.

Here is a further link, in English, to the Norwegian publisher: http://www2.aschehoug.no/lf/aschehougagency/innhold.php?textID=687

You may also want to talk with the guy administrating the Norwegian version of wikipedia: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruker:Beagle84

• Comment I'm Norwegian and I have seen less notable persons. Somewhat covered in the press. Punkmorten 21:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep published author. Dlyons493 Talk 00:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Published author, and the same article defends its place on norwegian wiki. Beagle84 15:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Norway-related deletions. -- Irongargoyle 16:45, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• keep please published author with norwegian wiki article too help reverse systemic bias Yuckfoo 19:56, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment What bias would that be? It is just as non-notable (or notable) on the Norwegian wiki, and it is just as much a violation of WP:AUTO. Irongargoyle 21:20, 24 July 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.