Deletion of David North (socialist)

Comment: The sources that Bakazaka brought forward are sufficient to show notability. This is not a claim under  so E.M.Gregory's concerns about how often his books are cited on Google Scholar are completely misplaced. He is the head of a political party, albeit a tiny one, and a Trotskyist activist for at least 40 years. Wikipedia ought to have biographies of the heads of political parties, even smaller ones
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ACADEMIC)

Comment: as an easy pass of #3. As the ''Critical Sociology'' review of a different North book (linked above the wall of text) explains, North's writings have impact on more mainstream discussions ''despite'' being grounded in smaller battles within his political community, which is why his work is reviewed and discussed in, for example, the ''American Historical Review'' (reference above) and the ''Journal of Historical Sociology'' (review essay on yet another book linked above
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:AUTHOR)

Comment: Since the nomination appears to assess only sources that are in the article, keep in mind that "Notability is based on the existence of suitable sources, not on the state of sourcing in an article" (). A quick search finds ''New York Times'' coverage of his open letter to Google https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/technology/google-search-bias-claims.html, as well as multiple reviews of multiple books (e.g. reviews of ''In Defense of Leon Trotsky'' include Gaido, Daniel. ''The Russian Review'' Vol. 70, Iss. 2 (Apr 2011): 349; Cox, John K, PhD. ''International Social Science Review'' Vol. 87, Iss. 1/2 (2012): 63-65; and Patenaude, Bertrand M. The ''American Historical Review'' Vol. 116, Iss. 3,  (Jun 2011): 900.; see also https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0896920517699161 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/johs.12146). Even without going through the additional book review and news search hits, it looks like a #3 pass as someone who "has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work" that has been the subject "of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:AUTHOR)