Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerald J Tate


 * 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 keep, at least for now. Angus McLellan (Talk) 00:59, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Gerald J Tate

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This biography is about an author who does not meet notability. There are no reliable sources provided to establish notability. The authors works are published through Derwent Press, a self-publishing imprint. I can find no significant coverage about this author, nor find any significant reviews of his work. Whpq (talk) 17:45, 10 February 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 08:07, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  —  Gongshow  Talk 18:44, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Northern Ireland-related deletion discussions.  —  Gongshow  Talk 19:05, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - Wading through the results for the name Gerald Tate I managed to find at least 2 articles which cover him and his work in depth. I'm sure there are more out there. I also cleaned up the article somewhat, which helps. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 19:51, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable as far as I can tell. The books are self-published, and the "awards" referred to in the article - Allbooks, Spinetinglers, etc. - appear to be from Amazon-based blogs. I would gladly reverse myself if shown any significant (or even any) mainstream coverage of this author or his books. There are a couple of references on the page, but I couldn't check them out since they require subscription. --MelanieN (talk) 06:23, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

"Hello Melanie
 * Note - The following message was left on my talk page (apparently meant for MelanieN):

My name is Gerald J Tate, and I am writing to you regarding the citations and things needed for my Page. I have newspaper copies from five major newspapers in Northern Ireland regarding my work, which I would be happy to send, if you can kindly give me a link. I have also been talking on our major radio stations here, twice on Downtown radio, twice on Radio U-105, and my first book was read out on a weekly thing with radio Star. I also have copies of the Book awards, and I don't self publish now. I have signed a contract with Spinetinglers publishing as they are now representing me. All paperwork copies can be sent if needed. However,I will understand if you still wish to delete my file, but there are some Northern Ireland people on there with just a couple of poems etc, and I've never heard of them. Anyway, I'll leave it up to you to decide. Thank you and all the best.

Gerald J Tate, Gerry  [email address removed]  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.18.165.213 (talk) 10:04, 17 February 2010 (UTC)"

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Whpq (talk • contribs)


 * Hi Gerald. I've taken the liberty of removing your email address because Wikipedia's a very visible site and addresses on here are ripe for harvesting by spambots. If the newspaper articles give significant coverage of you - that is, more than a couple of sentences mentioning you in passing - then they may well suffice to prove your notability. If you have scans of them which you can place online somewhere (or if they're on the newspapers' websites) then please post the link here and we can use them to help decide the fate of the article. If you can't place them online then alternatively you could email them to me and I can have a look over them. Particularly useful would be any articles which verify the awards. Olaf Davis (talk) 21:37, 17 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Weakish keep per the two articles now cited in the article, which Panyd has quoted on the talk page, and which seem to give significant coverage of him. Thanks for that, Panyd. The 'weak' is because I haven't seen the articles myself to judge how long and thus significant they are, though I get the impression they're good enough. Olaf Davis (talk) 17:39, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
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