Talk:Richard Siken

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This article does assert the importance of its subject three times: as the author of a book, the founder of a magazine, and the recipient of an award. See WP:CSD#Non-criteria. Ardric47 06:27, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

OK. The book is real, and published by Yale University Press.[1] The magazine appears to be self-published in very small numbers.[2] The "award" was a grant. [3]. That's probably good enough, but the original article didn't have any citations, which made it look like self-promotion. It's the job of the editor asserting notability to provide the citations to prove it. --John Nagle 06:42, 6 June 2006 (UTC)