Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colin west (author)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. Cirt (talk) 07:02, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Colin west (author)

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Bringing it here rather than PROD because I hope I'm wrong on this, but the author does not appear to meet notability requirements. My search of the web threw up some brief biographical details from publisher websites but nothing more except coincidence of words and social networks. HJMitchell   You rang?   11:42, 1 January 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Timotheus Canens (talk) 00:35, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep as the author has published numberous popular children's books that are readily verifiable via Google, Amazon and others. Handschuh-talk to me 12:45, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Handschuh. Chris (talk) 16:08, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:26, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as unsourced BLP. Alio The Fool 18:47, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep while this current article is absolutely lousy, the author is notable, having published with macmillan/kingfisher, puffin, some brit pubs i have passing knowledge of, and his titles get reviewed in places like library journal and childrens literature journals. given about 10 minutes, i could create a decent article with references. of course, hes no shakespeare, but he is notable in his field. i will try to add some material to the article, but i hope other afd'ers take the time to google him and confirm this.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 02:53, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I spent a fair bit of time looking for anything resembling a reliable source on this guy via google searches and got nothing (hence the AfD) but if you can find anything, I welcome it. I'd be happy to put the sources in to the article if you leave them here, but I've been unable to find any myself... HJMitchell    You rang?   21:21, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Lets not forget that an actual, published book from a major publisher counts as a reliable source for its own existence (as well as the authors), though it doesnt always establish notability, as that depends on the kind of books, critical response, etc.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:58, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * That's not so much my issue as the lack of reliable sources for anything else- for example, the article says he was born in 1951 (no date) but there's no source for that simplest of pieces of information. It would be nice to see a source for something more than "he was born in 1951, bumped into Quentin Blake one day then decided to write a book". HJMitchell    You rang?   04:29, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.