Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Byrn Tritt


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  00:02, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Adam Byrn Tritt

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Promotional article for non notable author. I checked the ISBNs of the two books listed under the books section with WorldCat, and the first brings up no results for all of the US and the second shows only two libraries. The sptimes.com ref only establishes that he and some friends bought some paint once for $11 and put it on a wall. Other refs are not independent nontrivial etc. as required. DreamGuy (talk) 20:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Google Books shows four results with him as the author, and one of his books is available through Amazon.com. (Another book is listed on Amazon but not in stock.) Whether that justifies keeping this article is another issue, but it's something to consider. Recognizance (talk) 20:49, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * See Notability_(books) for info on why a listing at Amazon in and of itself doesn't matter. DreamGuy (talk) 21:07, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. Delete then. Recognizance (talk) 01:02, 19 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete fails WP:AUTHOR in every respect. Dlabtot (talk) 22:33, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. A quick look at his website reveals something interesting: "The "Get Adamus into Wikipedia" Contest", complete with prizes (down at the bottom of the page). Recognizance pointed out the Google books result, but there are only two books, not four; both books are listed twice. His first book is not carried by any libraries in the Worldcat listing; it was published by a very small press, is out of print, and the book's link on the publisher's site is a 404. His second one (the one available at Amazon) is carried by two, but it's self-published; "Smithcraft Press" specializes in self-published books.  Many of his other "published" works come from Oestara Publishing, which is a writer's cooperative which distributes e-books.  The 2006 Eppie prize listed is for an anthology in which he contributed several poems; it is not an individual award. Those poems are all listed separately as well; there is a lot of duplication, which inflates his actual output. Both of his books are listed under both books and published literary work, and the last three sections are fairly trivial: a locally produced play, a role in a 13-minute short film on MySpace, and a single instance of civic activism (which at least has independent sourcing). There is nothing here which indicates notability.  Horologium  (talk) 12:33, 22 March 2009 (UTC)


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