Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Thomas Pisarra


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The result was   delete. Davewild (talk) 19:04, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

David Thomas Pisarra

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Non-notable individual lacking GHits and GNEWS of substance. Appears to fail WP:BIO.  ttonyb (talk) 16:00, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable even if all claims are true. Why do so many doctors and lawyers, who presumably want potential clients to think they are savvy and intelligent, embarrass themselves in this way?  EEng (talk) 20:00, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:42, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep Article could do with improving, but being a published author of two books and a newspaper columnist seem valid claims of notability to me. -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 01:09, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment – The books are non-notable self-published paperbacks. Where does it say that just being a book author or a columnist meets any Wikipedia criteria for inclusion in Wikipedia?  Please provide support for your assumptions.   ttonyb  (talk) 01:18, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * What assumptions? What evidence do you have that the books are self-published?  I don't believe there is any Wikipedia criteria that specifically covers authors or columnists.  Which part of notability guidelines do you believe this fails?  This guy is borderline, in my opinion.  -- Escape Orbit  (Talk) 11:12, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comments – Your assumption that publishing a couple of books and being a columnist makes one "notable".  Please read WP:AUTHOR.    This is not a matter of the which criteria does he not meet, but rather which criteria does he meet.   He either meets the criteria or not. Please provide which he meets.   ttonyb  (talk) 16:38, 8 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. Clearly fails WP:AUTHOR, WP:BK, WP:BIO, WP:AUTO, WP:COI, WP:V, WP:RS, WP:SPA, etc., etc., etc.  Qworty (talk) 08:04, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - as an autobiography with no coverage in reliable sources. Neither of the books can be found on WorldCat, nor are there any reviews or any critical coverage.  Self-published or not, these books are not notable.  Nor is there coverage about the author. -- Whpq (talk) 21:12, 10 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Non-notable. About the books: they are published by "Libero Media", which has absolutely no presence on the web or at Amazon except in connection with this attorney's two books. Chances are he just made up the name "Libero Media" when he self-published the books last November. --MelanieN (talk) 16:33, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
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