Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ólafur Haukur Símonarson

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was speedy keep per my reasoning here (boy, Jezhotwells is really working me overtime). Non-admin closure. Erpert (let's talk about it) 04:21, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Ólafur Haukur Símonarson

Ólafur Haukur Símonarson (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log • AfD statistics)

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Unreferenced BLP, claims, but no evidence of notability, prod removed by User:Calliopejen1 –– Jezhotwells (talk) 16:48, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

• Strong keep

   * Nomination for the Nordic Councils Literature Prize, 1975.
   * The Reykjavík Educational Councils Prize for children books, 1983.
   * Honorary award from the Writer's Fund of Iceland, 1992.
   * The DV Theatreprize for the best Play, 1993.
   * The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service Writer's Prize, 1993.
   * Nomination for the Nordic Playwright's Prize, 1994.
   * The Les Boréales du Normandie Literature Prize for the Best Nordic Crime Novel, 1997

Notability not asserted. What?? Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 16:52, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

1. • I did not say "Notability not asserted". I said that no evidence of notability had been provided. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 18:25, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

• Keep Article is in clear need of sourcing and expansion, but a quick Google Books search shows that Simonarson has receive plenty of coverage in works on Icelandic literature, meeting WP:BIO and WP:N. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 17:00, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
• Keep per above. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:26, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iceland-related deletion discussions. cab (talk) 04:23, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

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