Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iain McLaughlin


 * 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. Poorly sourced BLP. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:59, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Iain McLaughlin

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Repeatedly proposed for speedy deletion but tag removed with no explanation. Questionable notability and seems to have been written by either the subject or a close representative. Admin response reqd. Steelwool (talk) 16:12, 26 February 2012 (UTC) 
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2012 February 26.  Snotbot   t &bull; c &raquo;  16:24, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - as not notable. The only source provided is nothing beyond routine coverage (and I doubt it's reliable), and I cannot find anything else. ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 17:12, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment The article as it stands definitely has problems. It is almost entirely unsourced and, while I am reasonably certain that everything in the article is substantially true, I have not (at least yet) been able to verify most of it from independent reliable sources. However, the one source in the References section of the article is definitely reliable, even though it's probably too slight to establish notability by itself - it's the subject's entry in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, and the very fact that it exists suggests to me that the subject is likely to be notable (the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction contains far fewer Doctor Who-related articles than does Wikipedia). The subject is also verifiably one of the leading scriptwriters for The Beano. Under the circumstances, I would think it advisable to give an extra week to see if anyone on Wikiproject Comics or Wikiproject Doctor Who (neither of which seem to have been informed of this discussion) can do better on identifying reliable sources than I have. PWilkinson (talk) 21:00, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, B  music  ian  03:48, 4 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 17:54, 5 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Alpha_Quadrant   (talk)  20:20, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


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