Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cheryl Bradshaw


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The result was delete--Ymblanter (talk) 07:08, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Cheryl Bradshaw

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Article was nominated for speedy deletion for non-notable sources and lack of coverage. However, I noticed that she's made it to the NY Bestseller list and USA today Bestseller list. I still think she's most likely non-notable, but a consensus would better serve this article, and perhaps the article being debated on can uncover other information. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 00:54, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment I should also note that the article was created by a likely WP:SPA Megalibrarygirl (talk)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  lavender |(formerly HMSSolent )| lambast  01:40, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wyoming-related deletion discussions.  lavender |(formerly HMSSolent )| lambast  01:40, 27 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete "Bestsellers?" Not ... on the USA Today list her book was #115 -- and I admit that it is really hard to know what that number means, but I don't think it supports the "bestseller" moniker. The NYT page is for a book in which she had a story. Neither of those confers notability. I looked up her books - they are self-published through CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Looking at ones that are listed here as "bestsellers" - I found each book in exactly one library in WorldCat. Her runner-up status in the Shamus awards was in the category "Best indie PI..." not "Best PI" story. There's nothing to here to keep. LaMona (talk) 03:43, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Self-published novelists whose work has not gotten large attention let alone any scholarly attention. Being at a number higher than 100 on a list of best sellers tells me that her books just have not made it. She might some day be notable, but not now.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:12, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Article claims (and I have no reason to doubt but have not verified) that she has a story in a short story collection that ranked at #19 for a week in 2014 on a NYTimes bestseller list of "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction."  That's about it, except for an article in the very small newspaper in her very small town.E.M.Gregory (talk) 16:39, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete as per above, although I bet she's a talented writer, hopefully she'll be back here in Wikipedia in a year or so.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 22:37, 31 July 2015 (UTC)


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