Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Powell (author)


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The result was   delete. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:20, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Andrew Powell (author)

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Does not meet criteria of WP:CREATIVE. Google search for his name and debut novel (The Ark) brings up booksellers and some YouTube/Facebook/etc. links but nothing in the way of independent reviews in reliable sources. The article author has added some references but they are from the local newspaper. Contested prod. ... disco spinster   talk  15:25, 13 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete I have confirmed that there it are few if any sources other than businesses selling the book and unreliable sources (e.g. linkedin, Wikipedia). Promotional article written, it seems, by the subject of the article. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:47, 13 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment Leaning toward delete. The local paper that published two articles about him does serve a large metropolitan area, otherwise not much here, and the article is most likely an autobiography, which I've tagged a such. 76.248.147.81 (talk) 17:50, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 19:41, 13 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. He did write a couple of published books that can be brought on Amazon.com but got nothing else on him.  –BuickCenturyDriver 01:38, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Merely having books published and offered for sale is not sufficient to establish notability, per WP:AUTHOR. 76.248.147.81 (talk) 02:09, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Anyone at all can have a book printed, buy a batch of 10 ISBNs, put one of the ISBNs on the book, and get Amazon to list it. That does nothing whatever to establish notability. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:42, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:05, 20 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete No attention beyond the local paper and no reviews of the books. I'd be more sympathetic with the local paper part if the books had been reviewed. Outside of that it's really just news, "local man writes book", "local man writes another book". Bit too soon for an article here. Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 15:55, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per lack of notable sources. I searched "Andrew Powell author England" and without the England part just in case in both Yahoo and Google. However, I didn't get any reliable results except to other Andrew or Andy Powells. SwisterTwister   talk  21:01, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
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