Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brad Steiger


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The result was   Keep per WP:SNOW. Tim Vickers (talk) 16:17, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Brad Steiger

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This writer wrote the biography of Rudolph Valentino, however, I do not believe that makes the writer of the book biographically notable. The article appears to be promotional. Is he notable for his newspaper column? I don't think so. They didn't seem to have much circulation from what I can see, but I admit to not reading many newspaper columns between 1970 and 1973. In any case, from my research of the subject, I do not think he is any more notable than your average run-of-the-mill author in spite of his WP:ONEEVENT success with the Valentino biography. ScienceApologist (talk) 07:37, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions.   —Artw (talk) 07:39, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep 162 books? Notable; unless you can show they're all self published. --Blowdart | talk 08:47, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * My claim is only one of the books is notable. What is the threshhold for the number of notable books one must publish before one becomes less-than-notable? ScienceApologist (talk) 08:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep prolific author and columnist; Amazon carries a large number of his books; balanced article; no reason to delete. Gandalf61 (talk) 10:01, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep author of one notable book and 161 others. Notable author in the field of ufology, which nominator seems to have a thing against. Plase see WP:IDONTLIKEIT. Totnesmartin (talk) 11:56, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - this guy has sold 162 books through normal publishers (not vanity presses)... he has sold 17 million copies... an average of 100,000 copies per book, and in a niche area at that? Passes notability standards by a mile. - Richard Cavell (talk) 12:42, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Many books, many copies. The numbers have it. Ironholds (talk) 14:01, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - As other have said has authored many many books through independent (some major) publishers. Very notable. Raitchison (talk) 15:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC)


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