Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Sanger


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The result was keep. --Esprit15d • talk • contribs 21:48, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Andrew Sanger

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Unsourced (by actual reliable sources) bio of a minor travel- guide writer, credited with the writing texts of house travel guides, not creating his own. His last actual book by his own hand was published by a vanity press. Calton | Talk 19:03, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. The biography needs to be sourced, but he's a verifiable, published author who's written quite a few books for reputable organizations such as AA and Thomas Cook. Pburka (talk) 19:21, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Keep,provide a source and expand --B. C  say what ? 19:44, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Carlton comments that Andrew Sanger is 'credited with the writing texts of house travel guides, not creating his own.' This is incorrect - almost all of Sanger's titles (many can be bought on Amazon, etc - see search results at Amazon.com search) have been published by major publishers, such as several recent titles by AA Publishing and Thomas Cook Publishing (among the UK's largest guidebook publishers) and earlier titles by Penguin and other large publishers. Several have been co-published by US publishers (see especially Globe Pequot and Fodor's). At Barnes&Noble Barnes & Noble list 32 titles by Andrew Sanger. At abebooks.com, 30 titles are shown, including some of his older works. A brief internet search shows many of these titles in translated editions around the world. Carlton also states that Sanger's 'last actual book by his own hand was published by a vanity press' - this again is completely wrong: according to Barnes & Noble search above, Sanger's last books were published by Thomas Cook Publishing, AA Publishing and Dorling Kindersley. None of his titles appears to have used a vanity press, although he did bring out a novel in 2005 which was published online. —Preceding unsigned comment added by David-Freya (talk • contribs) 22:11, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * keep That they are at amazon of course is meaningless, but that his work is published in Michelin and other prestigious series is notability.DGG (talk)
 * Keep per the comments made in this discussion. (jarbarf) (talk) 08:20, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.