Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giselle V. Steele


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:47, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Giselle V. Steele

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I came across this article while doing a search on 2012 novels and I noticed that there was a general lack of sources and a lack of anything in the article to show that she would pass WP:AUTHOR or WP:BIO. A search confirmed this, as I was unable to find anything that was both independent and reliable that showed that Steele has notability in any format. There's things that are close, but not anything to show that she's notable enough for an article at this point in time. Speedy declined, so I'm bringing it to AfD.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 21:37, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. JohnCD (talk) 22:16, 29 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. This has been around for years, but it reads like a publisher's puff piece, and it is no surprise to find that all the contributors are SPAs, including user, which I have username-blocked as clearly her publisher Stuart & Weitz Publishing Group. Being a PR piece is not directly reason for deletion, but it means that we should look very hard at references and notability, and I do not find anything to suggest that this meets WP:AUTHOR, or that her book The Burning Of Grey (PRODded separately) meets WP:NBOOK. JohnCD (talk) 22:18, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. The reviews mentioned at her own webpage do not meet the WP standard of two credible, independent reviews for notability of a book. She has no potential notability other than as an author. Churn and change (talk) 03:56, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:29, 1 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:BK, WP:AUTHOR, WP:AUTO or at least WP:COI, multiple WP:SPA, WP:RS, etc. Qworty (talk) 22:04, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - Both Google US and Google Cuba provided nothing relevant and, considering that the article mentions she is a physician, I searched Google Scholar but found nothing. As mentioned by Churn and change, the reviews listed at her website for her new book "THE BURNING OF GREY" are not sufficient for Wikipedia standards. Although her website's "books" section lists several books, it appears that she has never received any significant coverage much less her books. Giselle V. Steele is not notable at this time. I should also note that, considering that the article was heavily edited by the publisher's Wikipedia account, it was significantly trimmed prior to this AfD nom. SwisterTwister   talk  20:56, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete as lacking evidence of in-depth coverage in independent sources. If independent references with in-depth coverage get added to the article, feel free to ping my talk page. Stuartyeates (talk) 22:18, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
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