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 delete. The issue identified here is a lack of significant RS coverage of the subject himself. Unfortunately efforts to clean up this article have been unsuccessful in swaying consensus towards keeping it. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 11:51, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Carl Johanson (author) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Non-notable children's author. The cited sources establish the existence of his three books, but there's no substantive analysis of their significance, and nothing secondary about him. There's only his capsule bio on his publisher's website and one amateur review in a self-published blog. Tagged for notability since it was created a year ago. Searches of the usual types found no independent, reliable sources that would satisfy WP:AUTHOR or WP:GNG. Worldbruce (talk) 18:03, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Bangladesh, and Sweden. Worldbruce (talk) 18:03, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - well-known author in Sweden. Valiaveetil (talk) 08:06, 5 February 2023 (UTC) Blocked sock. Worldbruce (talk) 17:30, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: A search in w:sv:Mediearkivet finds better sources than the ones in the article. He's definitely mentioned, sometimes as the author of the recommended book of the month or something similar; his work is being discussed, positively and negatively. On Swedish Wikipedia I'd say there's enough to prove notability; this is not just some vanity article by a less successful self-published writer no one has ever heard of. After a brief glance, I'm not sure I've found anything truly in-depth focusing on him personally in accordance with the English Wikipedia guidelines, though. /Julle (talk) 14:35, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Salvio ^giuliano 21:46, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep. There seems to be enough to at least satisy the minimum notability criteria. BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 02:38, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Can you specify which criterion is met, and which sources meet it? --Worldbruce (talk) 04:01, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. No reliable sources, and very badly written or translated. Possibly spam, and if so, subjct to permanent deletion. In 2023, everyone knows we are Not a free web host for self-published authors, but rather a private charity. Bearian (talk) 14:36, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Bearian: Johanson is not a self-published author. He's the author of several titles published by Rabén & Sjögren, the biggest and most respected publishing house for children's literature in Sweden. In English, he's published by the children's literature imprint of Nobrow Press, which distributes its books through Penguin Random House in the US. Looking at the contributions of the editor who created the article, I see no reason to suspect it's anything but the efforts of a new editor. /Julle (talk) 16:39, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  It would be wonderful if the current article reflected that. Bearian (talk) 16:57, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Here's Rabén & Sjögren's presentation of Johanson (including a list of 12 published titles) that could be used as a source. /FredrikT (talk) 08:51, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:37, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Final relist. More opinions are welcome.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Timothytyy (talk) 00:43, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep. I made some improvements, including adding three independent reviews of his book All Kinds of Cars. I'm taking my guidance from WP:AUTHOR criteria 3, but more the spirit of it than the letter. It's up for debate. Is this children's book "significant"? Well, it was translated, it make the New York Times, I think that's very uncommon for children's books, so that's why I say keep. Only one notable book, the depth and source of the other two reviews isn't fantastic, hence the "weak". I've improved the article since it was last commented on, but this is very far from WP:HEY territory. CT55555(talk) 01:46, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Translation isn't mentioned in our notability criteria anywhere as far as I'm aware, but I agree, that's certainly evidence of a book's notability. -- asilvering (talk) 01:51, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: This is an article about a living person, yet there is not a single independent reliable source applied which directly details the subject, only the work. I appreciate the good faith effort made by CT55555 to improve the page; the book reviews may be enough for the book's notability. As a BLP, this entire article content is controversial and any of it could be deleted in good faith by any editor. BusterD (talk) 04:53, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom & User:BusterD. --আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 22:18, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.