Notability

[Emy]

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

I've added a brief bio but in the absence of any works, is this person notable enough to have quotes on Goodreads?

[lethe]

The person themselves added the quotes. That is usually a sign of non-notability.

[Emy]

I agree, but given that he is a politician I'd appreciate an official ruling on this so that if we come across others later, we know where we're at :)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Generally, a person is notable if they have been the subject of published secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject.

https://ballotpedia.org/Donnie_Harold...

[Emy]

That's pretty much all I'd found, which was why I wasn't sure how notable he was :)

So any web presence makes the notablity grade, or is it specific sites, like that one?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject

Which is a judgment call, of course, but that site appears to meet those guidelines.

[Emy]

OK.

Out of interest, do we have a list of "reliable sources" in the way of the acceptable-sources for covers list? I don't think we do. Would one be useful?

[lethe]

Tim wrote: "Just continuing to be snarky today. Sorry :-) "

I'm with you :-)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Emy wrote: "Out of interest, do we have a list of "reliable sources" in the way of the acceptable-sources for covers list? I don't think we do. Would one be useful?"

I don't think so.


Tim wrote: "Ballotpedia seems to be quite Wikipedia like."

We would usually accept a Wikipedia page as proof of notability as well.

[Ayshe]

How about this one: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... ?

Some books has Banksy as the author of https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6750...

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7204... appears to be from Michael Jordan

But are 107 others and probably author can't be found for all of them.