Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Brown (writer)

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The result was keep‎. I see a consensus to Keep this article. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:09, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ben Brown (writer)

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Writer fails WP:NBIO. Article has been tagged for notability since November 2022. GTrang (talk) 05:05, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Poetry, and New Zealand. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 06:12, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: References fail to pass WP:SIRS and so article fails to pass WP:NBIO. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:04, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails WP:NBIO. Sir MemeGod :D (talk - contribs - created articles) 17:32, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Definitely notable. He has won national book awards in New Zealand and was the Reading Ambassador from 2021–2023. TheSwamphen (talk) 23:16, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The article meets WP:NBIO. I would be very disappointed if it is deleted without further discussion. TheSwamphen (talk) 06:09, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Doczilla _{Ohhhhhh, no!} 06:03, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The "first reading ambassador" role brings this over the line for me. Schwede 66 20:44, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - from the sources, they are clearly notable and meet GNG. IdiotSavant (talk) 09:56, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep sources and the reading ambassador role prove notability in my opinion. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 21:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Article is here to stay with their notable accomplishment per WP:GNG! Tesleemah (talk) ] 20:19, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep. None of the sources provide IRS SIGCOV -- the Stuff.nz announcement of his being named the National Library's Reading Ambassador comes the closest but is largely quotes/statements from an interview and anyway does not satisfy SUSTAINED, BLP1E, or MULTI. And of course being appointed to a non-notable position by a governmental program is nowhere close to meeting ANYBIO -- we don't even presume notability for ambassadors to foreign countries, why would it be different for ambassadorship of purely domestic programs? Niche awards by newspapers also don't cut it, even when the newspapers are national.

However, I did find a review of one of his collections, so I suppose it's likely he meets NAUTHOR. JoelleJay (talk) 23:42, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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