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A fact from Ronald Smelser appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 September 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
which is covered by point 3 of author("The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work."), reviews of other of his works are also available online including The Nazi Elite, and Lessons and Legacies volV The Holocaust and Justice (www.ejil.org/pdfs/15/5/386.pdf). Coolabahapple (talk) 06:25, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
But is that book a significant or well-known work? I'm not seeing the coverage of the man himself for GNG, so we're relying on a SNG here. I just want to be clear what the claim of notability is actually based on. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:30, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
common outcomes notes that "Published authors are kept as notable if they have received multiple independent reviews of or awards for their work, or if their work is likely to be very widely read." and WorldCat shows The Myth as being held in around 400 libraries which is pretty good for this type of work; you can always test it at afd and see what happens. Coolabahapple (talk) 14:27, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Academics are notable for their academic work, not for their personal lives., just as painters for their paintings, or politicians for their political roles. People who are interested in them want to know what they did; their personalities are secondary in most cases (cf. WP:EINSTEIN) You're confusing them with pop stars, who are known as much for their personal lives as for what the pretend to perform. or society celebrities, who are known only for their personal lives. DGG ( talk ) 04:36, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It is possible that I have the wrong end of the stick, but the details I can find on Folly's 2010 article in History are slightly different from those you give.
"contains biographical sketches of the thirty leading members of the SS". Did you mean to include "the", or would the phrase be more accurate without it?
Optional point. "high school aged children". I consider myself an educated person but I honestly don't know what age range this is. (And I used to work in education.) I realise that Smelser was probably aiming at an American audience, but it may be useful to rephrase, or bracket an explanation, to make the meaning more accessible.
Minor point. "The Foreign Affairs magazine called the book" Again I don't think that a definite article is necessary.(The one introducing the sentence.)
Minor point. "from the popular history writers and the World War II enthusiasts." Again, IMO, the article would be the better for losing the two definite articles.
A fine article. Really good work. Nice to see these sort of "back room workers" getting the credit they deserve. (Especially stalwarts like Smelser; but that's POV.) Gog the Mild (talk) 19:02, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
This man now appears in half of the nazi related articles on wikipedia, thanks to the excellent k.e.coffman, he's almost a christ like figure. How is it I never heard of him, he should be the most celebrated historian alive — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scznc (talk • contribs) 05:29, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
