Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Cormack


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The result was speedy keep. Nominator blocked for sock-puppetry, and all !votes are to keep. (non-admin closure) power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 19:20, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Ben Cormack

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No sources in the article text to establish notability or accuracy. This is also similar on his "notable books" page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NormieSwarmie (talk • contribs) 23:13, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2017 November 6.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 23:38, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Per a WP:BEFORE search, and per WP:AUTHOR, I also note several authority control listings, always a good sign. (note, I removed an incorrect posting of this AfD on another existing AfD). Dysklyver  23:42, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
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 * Keep, of course. Any author with that number of printings and translations into that many languages is automatically notable. &mdash;Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 23:57, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Removed all promotional and unsourced content. His nonfiction books are far more notable than The Story of Egmo (which itself ought to be merged with this article) and have indeed been translated. However, no evidence of awards or sales, nor any third-party coverage of author or reviews of his books. sixty nine   • whaddya want? •  02:39, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Found evidence of two foreign language editions, no proof of sales figures or animation award. Will give the benefit of the doubt here.  Rogermx (talk) 16:50, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note - NormieSwarmie, who opened this AFD, has been blocked for sock-puppetry. Grayfell (talk) 03:58, 8 November 2017 (UTC)


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