Talk:Jesse Ball

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On 17 Mar 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was keep. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Jesse ball for a record of the discussion. —Korath (Talk) 16:32, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

I agree the article shouldn't be deleted, but surely it should be trimmed. As it is, it reeks of self-promotion; it has every single thing he's ever published, several times over (mentioned in the article, listed by year, and usually mentioned in a review listing). It may be the most detailed author article on Wikipedia; it's surely the most detailed about a writer nobody but the most fanatical readers of modern poetry has ever heard of. What would be the loss in reducing it to the first paragraph plus a list of books (not individual poems!) published?--Languagehat 15:52, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

As usual, Languagehat has it - this is like a press release, none of which is noteworthy. --Waxbanks 00:13, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand. What should be in the article, since it is so inadequate now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.169.192.4 (talk) 03:22, 21 February 2008 (UTC)