Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billy Bee


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The result was delete. czar ⨹   13:31, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Billy Bee

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does not meet WP:GNG or WP:NBOOK search of world cat brings up only held by about1/2 dozen libraries, Trove search brings up no OZ libraries, google brings up author site and book sellers only. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:57, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Needs reliable sources (reviews, etc.), which I am not seeing anywhere. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 07:22, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. lavender|(formerlyHMSSolent)|lambast 09:51, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Hampshire-related deletion discussions. lavender|(formerlyHMSSolent)|lambast 09:51, 5 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete -- I am not getting much on this one either. Perhaps roll it over to an author page? Though I am not getting much there either. HullIntegrity  \ talk / 13:35, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment-- Author homepage (and it looks like self-publishing): http://bypeterthomas.com/  HullIntegrity  \ talk / 13:38, 5 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Here is an article about the author and his books: Link to a copy of the article here. The article notes: "Just like a bumble bee in flight, Nashua author Peter Thomas makes a daily habit of defying the odds. ... Lessons he's put to good use over the past five years as the basis for his Billy Bee books -- he's sold more than 36,000 since 1995, mostly through self-promotion. It's a five-book series he says offers a good message for kids -- encouraging words to help them rise above whatever circumstances might be weighing them down. Circumstances familiar to guys like Thomas, who grew up in a what he describes as a big, loving, Italian family, raised by his grandmother while his mother worked full time. He never knew his father. In and out of reform schools, Thomas ran with a tough crowd and landed in prison for armed robbery." If more sources can be found, this article can be kept. Cunard (talk) 00:08, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. No evidence of notability found from a web search. An article in a local newspaper isn't sufficient. --Michig (talk) 08:36, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
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