Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D. Harlan Wilson


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The result was keep. Withdrawn by nominator (non-admin closure)  Onel 5969  TT me 17:02, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

D. Harlan Wilson

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Subject does not appear to meet either WP:PROF or WP:NAUTHOR. Most of the article is sourced to subject's own website (which does not always appear to support the information cited). Created by a COI account, maintained by another COI account (currently blocked for WP:PAID violations). Yunshui 雲 水 16:21, 24 February 2017 (UTC) *Keep Wilson is the author of over 20 books from major and minor presses and has over 1000 total publications. He is also a bona fide professor (see http://people.wright.edu/david.wilson). More citations are needed in this article, however, for some biographical material. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FCC8:F5C1:BB00:3DEB:5D20:7A89:351C (talk) 16:09, 27 February 2017 (UTC)  Block evasion, !vote struck. Yunshui 雲 水 16:21, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete a non-notable writer and academic.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:03, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Wilson is quite notable in genre fiction, having published a large number of books with well-known small presses and being recognized as one of the founders of bizarro fiction. His academic books have also been released by important academic presses such as Columbia University Press and the University of Illinois Press. Finally, he has had coverage of his fiction in place like Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, the San Francisco Book Review and many other places. All of this indicates he meets notability standards. It's also worth noting the article has been improved since this AfD began, with more info and references added. --SouthernNights (talk) 22:00, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:21, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note I was considering withdrawing this nomination, based on SouthernNights addition of sources, but on review I'm still not sure about it. The LA Review biography, which is cited multiple times, is in fact a contributor bio (meaning it was presumably written by Harlan or his publicist), and the second most-cited source is a series of interviews published on Wilson's own website. The other new sources appear to primarily be reviews of his work, which may meet NAUTHOR#4c ("has won significant critical attention"), but I'm still on the fence and would appreciate more input. Nevertheless, my thanks to SoutherNights for the expansion. Yunshui 雲 水 12:07, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure the Los Angeles Review of Books is a contributor's biography written by Harlan or someone associated with him. But either way the bio is a reliable source of info which provides a nice overview of the author's career. I've also gone in and added more info and references to the article, including references to a number of interviews with him. As one of the founders of bizarro fiction who has published more than 20 books, Wilson is notable. And with this notability backed up by a number of reliable sources, this article is a definite keep. --SouthernNights (talk) 21:44, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Withdraw nomination Based on the expansion that the article has undergone over the last day or two, I withdraw my nomination for deletion. Another editor has !voted to delete the page, so this AFD still needs to run its course, but please disregard the nomination when closing the discussion. Yunshui 雲 水 11:45, 3 March 2017 (UTC)


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