Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David N. Thomas


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The result was  speedy keep; nomination withdrawn and there are no outstanding delete !votes. Non-admin closure. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 14:38, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

David N. Thomas

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Non-notable author of non-notable books. The article is unverified, and I cannot find reliable sources to establish the notability of the books in question. The claim about one book being the source for the Edge of Love movie is unsubstantiated. Drmies (talk) 02:56, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * In the interest of full disclosure: he is the co-author of a book that was discussed in The Guardian. Drmies (talk) 02:58, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
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 * Comment The claim that The Edge of Love is based on one of his books is correct. It can be confirmed from an acknowledgement at the end of the film production notes. It is also worth noting that Mr Thomas has written fairly extensively on Dylan Thomas. Whether those are sufficent for notability I'm unsure, but there are plenty of references to the author in a Google search. --AJHingston (talk) 07:48, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Per AJHingston, passed criterion 3 of WP:AUTHOR: The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews. Yunshui (talk) 08:04, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Wrote a book on which was based a major (if not particularly well-received) feature film. Appears to meet the notability threshhold, although possibly only weakly. -- Necrothesp (talk) 08:28, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn with thanks to AJHingston: as far as I am concerned, that pushes it over the edge. Maybe someone can close this--I gotta run right now. Drmies (talk) 14:21, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
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