Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eanna Cullen


 * 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. Cirt (talk) 07:45, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Eanna Cullen

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Self-published author whose bio was written by his agent. Doesn't appear to meet WP:GNG, WP:CREATIVE, or WP:ACADEMIC. Dori ❦ (Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 21:09, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
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 * Delete as per nom Snappy (talk) 02:05, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete A lot of listings on sales websites and writer's websites, but nothing along the line of reliable sources except the single page already listed (there's also a braindamaged boy by the same name with slightly more hits). Side note: I doubt his agent wrote it. Self-published authors don't need an agent, so they tend to not have one unless they're trying to get published with a non-self-publisher. - Mgm|(talk) 10:54, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I can't say his having an agent made much sense to me either, but given that http://www.misbeliever.com/Aboutme.html says: "Agent information: please contact Robin at Baxter and Hunt Publishing," and the creating editor's name is User:Robinbaxterhunt, that was the conclusion I came to.
 * Looking around http://www.baxterhuntpublishing.co.uk/ a little more, though (a moderately convincing fake site until you look at it closely), it appears that User:Robinbaxterhunt may be "Robin Baxter, Chief Editor of Baxter-Hunt Publishing". That would make the original editor Cullen's publisher instead of his agent, although similarly, why a self-published author would have a publisher, I have no idea. Dori ❦ (Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 01:01, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete I cant find any significant reviews for this authors apparently self published books. the article of course is transparently written by the agent, but thats not enough for deletion. COI alone just makes for a lousy article. if anyone can find some legitimate info, id surely reconsider, as i dont want to delete based on my inability to find a valid third party or secondary source. This article has more editing going on than any publicity i can find in the real world. Having been in the book business, this only makes the author less marketable, its just tacky. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 14:55, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete this is typical of main stream Msn Junkers. We at Baxter Hunt Publishing UK are a small Independent Publisher, incorporated in the UK, using both print runs and POD to help writers get a start in a market that is openly hostile to unknown newcomers. The sources given were genuine: the two most recent of these being 1) an article in the Irish World which can be found here & 2) An article, only last week in Bray People which can be found here
 * Please delete this content immediately, but be reminded that though my client has self-published two works, Misbeliever and The Wall the Fog and the ocean, I have undertaken to publish Dark Pupils. Well done on allowing many questionable articles to mark this "What I Know Is" encyclopaedia whilst hindering open information about an upcoming author, which I sincerely hope you have cause to regret. I would suggest the phrase "What I Think I Know" Robin Baxter.
 * Please also feel free to delete any articles pending or otherwise written by anyone at Baxter Hunt Publishing UK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robinbaxterhunt (talk • contribs) 22:01, 5 May 2009 (UTC)  — Note to closing admin: Robinbaxterhunt (talk • contribs)  is the creator of the page that is the subject of this XfD. Dori ❦ (Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 23:04, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments: (in response to the above):
 * I don't know what's meant by "What I Know Is" or "What I Think I Know Is". I don't know what "main stream Msn Junkers" are, either.
 * Does this mean the article now qualifies for db-author?
 * I'd be more inclined to believe that Baxter Hunt Publishing UK was a "real" publisher if its website was a little less fake. Or if the domain wasn't registered to Eanna Cullen. Or if it had published anything that wasn't by Eanna Cullen.
 * Have you read WP:GNG, WP:CREATIVE, or WP:ACADEMIC? That's actually the question here. If you have sources that shows how Cullen meets any of those, please add them! Dori ❦ (Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 23:15, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete I just blocked this user for disruptive, single-purpose, tendentious editing on this title.  No other positive contribs. PMDrive1061 (talk) 23:26, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * this IP is also editing with pattern of above user: 82.109.183.222 . and the 2 refs provided here seem to prove nonnotability rather than notability, unfortunately. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 15:31, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
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