Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A. J. Butcher


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) feminist (talk) 09:54, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

A. J. Butcher

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Cannot find significant coverage of this children's writer. Article has been marked as needing more citations since 2017. Tacyarg (talk) 17:50, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Leaning keep, in addition to BBC interview already on the page, I added some reviews of his popular Spy High series of spy novels for kids. Looks like a modestly popular AUTHOR with a page that needs sourcing.E.M.Gregory (talk) 16:34, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 08:41, 5 May 2019 (UTC) I see 4 sources, total, between the two article. I did search, and these were all I could find. On the other hand, the books are published in American and British editions, and in Australia/NZ. And real publishing house has been bringing new titles out for years. And there aren't a lot of review venues for middle school spy novels. If this is kept, the 2 pages should be merged. Thoughts?E.M.Gregory (talk) 00:02, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment I started adding the titles of the books, in order to add reviews of them as references, and possibly to show that the subject meets WP:AUTHOR #3. Then I realised that there is an article about the Spy High series, which could do with more references itself. I will try to find reviews of his other books, or articles about him, and also check how WP:NBOOK and WP:AUTHOR interact. RebeccaGreen (talk) 13:33, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep Per E.M.Gregory's comments. Article needs an ambitious editor not a deletion. WP:NOTPAPER  Lubbad85   (☎) 22:40, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep, meets WP:NAUTHOR as having created a notable/significant/well known series of books. Coolabahapple (talk) 00:06, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep as author of demonstrably pouplar series of books.E.M.Gregory (talk) 04:43, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep I have added more reviews to the Spy High article, so there are now 13 sources. That is enough, I think, both to demonstrate that the books meet WP:NBOOK and the author meets WP:AUTHOR #3 "The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of an independent and notable work (for example, a book, film, or television series, but usually not a single episode of a television series) or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews." I haven't searched by translated titles - it's possible there are more reviews in other languages. I don't think the two articles need to be merged, although that is a possibility - the author article is currently very short, and includes only one source that is not already in the series article. I am a bit concerned about the language in the Spy High article, but that is a matter for improvement (and not something I want to spend time on). RebeccaGreen (talk) 13:27, 10 May 2019 (UTC)


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