Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Bradford


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The result was keep. No support for deletion. (non-admin closure) Atlantic306 (talk) 19:35, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Chris Bradford

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Fails WP:NAUTHOR and WP:GNG even if on the surface it looks like he could meet criteria #3 I could find only mentions in goodreads and blogs. The claim to being a bestselling author refers to amazon lists which don't count. None of the sources are in-depth coverage in RS at best there are interviews in blogs. Dom from Paris (talk) 17:28, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Dom from Paris (talk) 17:29, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Dom from Paris (talk) 17:29, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Dom from Paris (talk) 17:29, 27 August 2018 (UTC)


 * keep article is overstuffed with PRIMARY sourcing. I ran a Proquest news archibve search on him, and what turns up is a modest number of articles, mostly in small British newspapers, about his running workshops for kids with a "Samuarai" theme, he has a children's book series Young Samurai (that page lacks sources.) I did find this brief review in the Evening Standard: "Normally, I'd give anything involving the martial arts a very wide berth but Chris Bradford's The Way of the Sword (Puffin, Pounds 6.99) is addictive. It's about an English boy, Jack, shipwrecked in Japan in the 17th century, adopted by a local warrior struggling to protect his father's navigational charts from a sinister ninja called Dragoneye. It occupies the same territory as Harry Potter, not least in that it's a boarding school story. Jack is training to be a samurai, and at the One School of Two Heavens he has loyal friends, including a clever girl warrior, and sneery, unpleasant enemies, one of whom is also engaged in an ancient competition called the Circle of Three. I could give you a list of parallels with HP but, believe me, there are heaps.(A CHILD'S WORLD, FULL OF GIANT MOTHS AND SAMURAIS: CHILDREN'S BOOKS McDonagh, Melanie. Evening Standard; London (UK) 09 July 2009: 34.   Kept searching and found a few more brief reviews, and  stories in papers in India, Australia, and NZ, as well as some coverage of his books in the London papers, including rights sold to TV.  I think there's enough to keep, albeit it will be a lot of  work to turn bits of coverage into a properly sourced article.  No profiles found.   E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:08, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Note that searches work using "Chris bradford" + Samurai, or "Chris Bradford" + Bodyguard.  The latter in a gNews search brings up these, book reviews, a feature article in Publisher Weely, A Quartet of Titles Launches Chris Bradford’s Bodyguard Series.   Page in desperate need of need upgrade, but this is a WP:SNOW KEEP.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:16, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment I have no doubt that the books are notable. Given the lack of sourcing about Bradford as a subject (which I'm basing on 's comments as I have not had time to seriously investigate) I'm not sure that it's a SNOW KEEP. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 22:33, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
 * We keep authors if their books are notable, even anonymous authors about whom we truly know nothing, and reclusive authors who do not give interviews. But click teh link marked [2] in my comment above, for several recent, reliable sources about Bradford. E.M.Gregory (talk) 23:24, 28 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep per E M Gregory. James500 (talk) 05:00, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Sourcing exists, has multiple notable books. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 05:02, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per E.M.Gregory, Barkeep49, and James500. Simonm223 (talk) 10:43, 1 September 2018 (UTC)


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