User talk:TheJohnBlair

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Speedy deletion nomination of The John Blair (writer)


A tag has been placed on The John Blair (writer) 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 credibly 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 read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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You said, " This person is an author of three books being published shortly, it took me a little time to get the book information added (it still needs links, etc) but I believe it's enough to continue? Please let me know.". I'm afraid it isn't. A new book by, say, J.K. Rowling (under her own name...) will be notable from the first sign that it is real. This is because there will be coverage in reliable independent sources WP:RS to back up the notability. For the majority of authors, it's a case of waiting for the books to sell and get reviewed. I did a search for ["john blair" "exotic times"] and for ["john blair" "algothel"] and the closest I got was John Blair, the author of two books on Anglo-Saxon subjects. This may be you, or it may not. I often give advice to people who try to get their books on here - the first bit being that if the book is self-published (through places like AuthorHouse, CreateSpace or countless others), there is little chance of getting an article here. This is not because of bias - it's because this way of publishing leaves the burden of publicity firmly on the shoulders of the author. Being published by a regular publisher is no guarantee of an article, but it helps as their editing of the books and their vastly greater publicity give a very much increased chance of reviews and sales. I don't blame self-published authors trying to get on here, but we still can't allow things without demonstrable notability WP:NBOOK and/or WP:GNG. In the case of books issued by regular publishers, there still needs to be notability shown and proven. (And we occasionally have battles with the marketing departments of certain publishers who try to advertise books here. Whatever the notability is, promotion and advertising are not allowed.) OK. Having depressed you, I'll make amends by offering to userfy your article (that means dig it up and put it into your user space) when the time comes that notability is showing. I'll also ask someone good at referencing, etc, to look in then as well. (They're better than me at that side of things.) In the meantime, good luck and get all the promo you can into the places that allow it. Almost everywhere except here, that is - get on Goodreads for a start (but it isn't a reliable independent source for use here), get a Facebook page, and on all the rest of them too. Once more, good luck. Peridon (talk) 22:01, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for answering helpfully and with empathy, I appreciate your response. I'll be back when I'm famous ;)