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I can't find any reliable sources that cover Mr. Marinaj in any depth, so I think he fails Misplaced Pages's notability guidelines for biographies. I see that he has two awards to his credit, but I couldn't find any information about these awards from independent sources either, so I don't think they count as being "well-known and significant" per the guideline. — Mr. Stradivarius 19:40, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Delete as not notable for English Misplaced Pages, though the Albanian Misplaced Pages might consider him notable. Collect (talk) 20:05, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Delete 0 (no) hits on Google News, a notable writer would have plenty of Google News hits. No credible sources that consider him notable. 87.236.90.41 (talk) 22:15, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Delete. No sources anywhere. Subject is not notable in his profession and does not pass WP:PROF nor, obviously, WP:GNG. Drmies (talk) 04:03, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- Sources Looks like all sources were deleted . Here is a link to an older version of this article. More than enough sources :
- http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Gjek%C3%AB_Marinaj&oldid=471257612
- Tony Zaknic — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.248.93.201 (talk) 08:45, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- I think the reason most of those sources were removed was because they don't fulfil Misplaced Pages's guidelines for identifying reliable sources. However, I was able to track down the text of the UTD Mercury article on Marinaj's website. (The UTD Mercury is the student newspaper of the University of Texas at Dallas.) This makes an interesting read, and I think it can count toward notability. However, because it is only a student newspaper, and has some connection with Marinaj, we should not give it too much weight. The coverage of the Pjeter Abnori prize for literature may be worth more consideration, though. I quote: "The award is given annually to an Albanian or international author in recognition of their ongoing contribution to national and world literature, essentially equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize in the United States." I couldn't find any other information about this award in my searches, though. Maybe someone else knows where to find such information? — Mr. Stradivarius 10:52, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- That true, Mr. Stradivarius. Well, Looks like Gjeke Marinaj was guest editor of the Translation Review 76, but even though it is a scholarly journal of ALTA (American LiteraryTtranslation Association) it is published by The University of Texas at Dallas where he is getting his PhD... Not sure that counts. Or does it? This is the link http://translation.utdallas.edu/resources/pubs/TR76.pdf
- I also was able to dig some sources including the one you found. The one from the Dallas Morning News sounds interesting. But it cannot be found in their website either. Should I send them a short note enquiring about the article? It might help us on making a better decision one way or the other. I also found something in a Russian or Polish magazine involving him: http://apraksinblues.narod.ru/AB21_eng/Marinaj_Crewdson.pdf
- Well, here are what I got this morning:
- Crossing Borders to New Life
- Marlo Kysik
- Baylor Progress, November 2009, p. 5
- Award carries poetic justice
- Eric Nicholson
- The UTD Mercury, Vol. XXIX, No.1, January, 12, 2009, pp. 1&4
- Neighbors in the community
- Janet Vance
- Neighbors: Dallas Morning News Publication, March 24, 2007, p. 16
- Honor has deep meaning
- Brent Flynn
- The Dallas Morning News, August 18, 2005 Page: 1S Section: Richardson Zone: DALLAS
- Edition: SECOND
- Student Wins Golden Pen Award
- Linda Blasnik
- The Brookhaven Courier, Vol. 22, No. 9, March 1, 2000, p. 3
- I will keep looking for some more sources after work. Somehow the recent activities in his page history make me feel rushed . And you and I both are trying to be fair here. Tony Zaknic — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.248.93.201 (talk) 13:27, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- If he was guest editor, then we can't accept Translation Review as a source for notability purposes, sorry. The Apraxin Blues source is a little more interesting. From its description in our Tatyana Apraksina article, I would tend to class it as a "special interest publication". This means that we can use it to judge notability, but that it would not have as much weight as a publication for a general audience, such as a national newspaper. I admit to not being fully up to speed on my Russian/Polish magazines, though, so if I have misjudged this publication feel free to set me straight. As for the other sources, they look promising, but we can't be sure that they actually discuss Marinaj unless we see them. (Or see a quotation from them, at least.) Sending the newspapers involved a note asking for the article might be a good idea. Let us know what you hear from them. Best — Mr. Stradivarius 14:15, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
- Stop Mr. Stradivarius Now you ate making me mad, Mr. Stradivarius. Stop assuming ownership of Misplaced Pages. Stop making promises you cannot keep. Marinaj is self-acclaimed academic and "founder" of some bizarre literary alignment that he calls "protonism". That’s because we say so. You can’t keep Marinaj’s pages. He is a bloody Albanian and we are the sons of Plato. If you dare to keep his page we nominate it again and again for deletion. We outnumber you five to one and outsmart you one million to one. Two of us are Doctors and you are still just Mister. You volunteer to Wiki we make money from it. You build reputations we destroy them. Just like with the bloody Albanian. He build a lifelong reputation we destroyed it in less than a week. Look at our IPs they are magic. When you think we are in Sweden we are in Oklahoma. When you think we are in Athens we are in Paris. We are the real administrators here. Just show us the money we make the real figurs look fake and the fake look real. You have you proof. No Albanian will be known for any invention of philosophy. We know how to make you hate them and them to hate him. We are magic. Magic.