Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Duncan Lay


 * 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 delete. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 01:28, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Duncan Lay

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This appears to be a PR piece on a non-notable person. Kb.au (talk) 01:06, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. A lot of people have "written a fantasy trilogy" these days. It takes more than books existing to be notable. BD2412  T 01:17, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - not seeing independent coverage. There is this piece here in a reliable source, but the article subject is its author. Insufficient notability to meet GNG or WP:AUTHOR. MaxnaCarta (talk) 03:09, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and Australia.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 08:47, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: A lot of mentions in Sydney's Daily Telegraph, all of it – to quote Sam Kean in The Disappearing Spoon – "less than frickin' helpful". theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 17:36, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Austlit lists 6 reviews and a column . Two reviews are from Infinitas Newsletter which might not rise to the status of a reliable source but the others are OK. Austlit also shows more books as does other sources, a "second fantasy series, Bridge of Swords". Following is some other sources found. duffbeerforme (talk) 12:46, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
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 * I'm not sure I'm convinced – do the reviews you've found contain significant coverage of the author, or just the books? I can't access them. Also, do we consider The Daily Telegraph down under reliable? I'm not sure I'd be on board with that assessment... theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 23:00, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The Daily Telegraph is absolutely reliable for most things. Political opinion - yeah nah I'd wanna take a closer look at that. Kinda like Fox News, which Murdoch also owns - would I trust their weatherperson? Yes. Tucker Carlson on national security advice? Nah. Each source on it's merits I say. That said I agree, I do not think the book reviews count as significant coverage of the author. There is not sufficient depth of coverage to warrant a stand alone article of the author. MaxnaCarta (talk) 10:10, 25 August 2022 (UTC)


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