Wiki143:Articles for deletion/David Chariandy

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The result was Keep. CitiCat ^♫ 04:41, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

David Chariandy

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Delete no reliable sources for this BLP article of a nn author and professor, fails WP:BIO, WP:PROF, and his book was on some runner up lists for some prizes but won nothing apparently, not even the lower level ones. Carlossuarez46 21:28, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Er, no. For one thing, the winners haven't even been announced yet for either award that he's up for. And for two, neither of them are "lower level" awards — they're the two big megaprizes in Canadian literature, such that any writer who makes their shortlist is inherently notable enough for an article. Keep. Bearcat 23:40, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

• Keep I'd not ordinarily support this for the author of a first novel, but the awards are certainly notable. 3 of the other 4 nominees for the GG are very well established writers indeed, so he is right up there at the top. Perhaps the articles on the prizes can be written to be a little more explanatory about the distinction.DGG (talk) 05:10, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

The parent article Governor General's Award already does. But for an award that's been presented annually since 1936, we obviously have to split each year's nominees/winners list out to a separate article rather than listing them all in one giant omnibus article. Bearcat 17:34, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

• Keep -- you've got to be kidding; a first-time author who gets nominated for the biggest prizes in all of Canadian letters is certainly worthy of note! Besides this, Chariandy is one of the founding editors of Commodore Books, Western Canada's first black-owned, black-run literary press. He is far from being a no-name author; his book launch was covered for television, he is the first author from Arsenal Pulp Press -- Vancouver's main independent publisher -- in years to be included in the Vancouver International Writer's Festival, he is the first Arsenal Pulp to be nominated for the Giller Prize and first to be nominated for the Governor General's award. As a first time author is he nominated for the GG alongside Barbara Gowdy and Michael Ondaatje! I'm willing to bet that the person who nominated this entry for deletion has some personal beef or jealousy issue here; given the outrageous number of self-promoting, useless and plumped-up Wikipedia entries for low-level accomplishers, it seems highly suspect that Chariandy's well-deserved entry gets challenged. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.80.171.160 (talk) 23:12, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - Notable stub. THE KING 14:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Fails WP:BIO. J 22:12, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

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