Talk:Michael Peyron

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• Notability: just have a look on Peyron's publications.[1] There are hardly any greater authorities on Amazigh poetry. S711 (talk) 14:36, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
• His work on the Encyclopédie Berbère would be enough to illustrate his notability. He was on its staff in Aix. [2]. He wrote dozens of entries. To cite just a few: Amazan (pl. imazan) (M. Peyron) , Enc. Berb., IV, 1987, p. 561-562 Ayyachi (jbel) (M. Peyron) , Enc. Berb., VIII, 1990, p.1200-1204. Belgassem Ngadi (M. Peyron) , Enc. Berb., IX, 1991, p.1434-1435. Ben Barakat (M. Peyron) , Enc. Berb., IX, 1991, p.1435-1436. Bou Zert (M. Peyron) , Enc. Berb., X, 1991, p. 1579-­1584. Derkaoua, Derqaoua, Darqawa, sing. Darqawi (M. Peyron), Enc. Berb., XV, 1995, p. 2279-2283
• Also entries of prime importance like chants and danse: Danses (M. Peyron, F. Aït Ferroukh , G. Camps, H. ClaudotHawad) , Enc. Berb., XIV, 1994, p. 2204-2222. Chants (M. Peyron, F. Ayt Ferroukh, N. Mécheri-Saada) , Enc. Berb., XII, 1993, p. 1862-1875 You might like to check: [3]

S711 (talk) 15:52, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Please read the notability guideline. Writing articles isn't a criterion for notability--rather, having articles written about you is the applicable standard. The subject here looks like a working scholar, but not a notable one. Bongomatic 16:19, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. Peyron seems like an interesting working scholar, but to meet wikipedia criteria, he needs to have been written about.Ztheday (talk) 19:36, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Well there is a book solely devoted to his person and work: Actes du Colloque Amazigh Day 2006 (Mélanges offerts à Michael Peyron)

It contains papers in French and English written by authories in the field of Berber Studies who comment on his research into Middle-Atlas poetry, and its impact upon Amazigh Studies in general. The authors are Houssa Yakobi; Professor Jilali Saib from the Faculty of Letters, Rabat; Nadia Kaaouas, Bassou Hamri and Ali Fertahi, all three from the Faculty of Letters of Beni Mellal; Zhour Naim, Abdslam Khalafi (with a contribution in Arabic) and Moha Moukhlis from the Rabat-based IRCAM; Fatima Sadiqi and Moha Ennaji from the Faculty of Letters, Fès.S711 (talk) 20:29, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

• Peyron wrote an article: "Amazigh poetry of the resistance period (central Morocco)" in: The Journal of North African Studies, Volume 5, Issue 1 Spring 2000 , pages 109 - 120. In the introduction of the issue he is described as "a noted scholar of Morocco's Berbers". The journal is authorative.
• In the well known Moroccan newspaper Le Matin (Morocco) of June 27, 2003 Peyron is described as the "grand spécialiste de la poésie amazigh du Moyen Atlas". (In an article on the publication of his book "Women as brave as men").
• Next to his scholarly fame in the field of Berber study (Encyclopédie berbère is Premier League), he is very well known as the author of:

Great Atlas Traverse (2 volumes), West Col Productions, 1989 ISBN:0906227402

This is the classic walking guide covering the western half of the Great Atlas Traverse.

Both Lonely Planet and Rough Guide write that way about it:

• Lonely Planet Morocco, p. 407": "His Great Atlas Traverse is the definitive text for the great traverse." and Rough guide, Morocco (2001) describes it as: "Pick of the bunch", p. 389.

A Spanish enthousiast considers it the bible of the Atlas: [4].

(Of course I do not consider that website an authorative source for his notability. It just shows that he has a lot of fans in several countries.) In his The Mountains look on Marrakech (2007), Hamish Brown describes Great Atlas Traverse as "the most comprehensive and essential guide to the Atlas."S711 (talk) 21:09, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Seems like there may be enough to go on . . . why don't you add it to the article to verify the claims therein, and make sure to make claims of notability within the article itself. Bongomatic 01:34, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I will.S711 (talk) 08:23, 29 January 2009 (UTC)