User talk:Jointplan

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Speedy deletion nomination of James A Jackson


A tag has been placed on James A Jackson requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Too soon
I must confess I felt tempted to see how you would show "what this person has achieved with his novels", but must point out to you that unpublished novels only have an effect on their author (and the odd one or two permitted to see the work in progress). I can see no claim to notability that would meet our requirements, either in the article or in the biography (which is not a reliable source under WP:RS). There is a sort of notability structure for books. Books published by recognised conventional publishers are at the top - but not necessarily notable. Even Random House slip up at times. Lower down come self-published works - from lulu dot com, AuthorHouse and so on, down to the definitely non-recommended end of the market. Many of these get listed at Amazon, but Amazon will list almost anything they can get 'on demand'. Being at Amazon is not an indication of notability, merely of existence. And, I'm afraid, at the bottom comes the unpublished. We have had at least one case where a self-published novel became notable (and was taken up by a big publisher), but I don't think that an unpublished one would stand a chance. No sources to reference to. My advice is that unless you can show that the subject is otherwise notable (see WP:BIO), not to try again until a publisher is on the point of issuing the first book. Even that might be 'too soon', as it wouldn't have had a chance to take off. Best wait till it has. Good luck.Don't be put off by rejection slips or the lack of reply. There's many a great work that was abandoned after the first or second rejection. Remember The Beatles, J.K. Rowling and many others who persisted. But they wouldn't have had articles before they took off. Peridon (talk) 22:20, 23 August 2011 (UTC)