Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Watson (author)


 * 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 per WP:SNOW. -- RyRy  ( talk ) 10:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

James Watson (author)

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Unsourced biography created by a family member. Fails WP:BIO. Contested prod.  BradV  19:32, 10 July 2008 (UTC) 
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  20:26, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Protonk (talk) 04:57, 18 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Doing a bit of searching, the only reference I was able to find in a major newspaper with this guy's name on it is a short blurb in the 1999 Sunday Times (Jan 10) that gives a review of his book "Talking in Whispers." I'm not sure what "The Other Award" is ... if it's a significant award, maybe we might have some grounds to keep the article. RayAYang (talk) 19:44, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Change my mind to Keep following Tassedethe's work. RayAYang (talk) 20:33, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep Unfortunately he shares his name with far more famous DNA guy, who's also an author. I have found enough links to suggest he is a notable children's author. Link to Buxtehude prize page showing he won in 1987. Interview in Books for Keeps, children's book magazine. The WorldCat page showing that Talking in whispers is held in 277 libraries, and has gone through 10 editions. Another profile on the Penguin Books site. I think the strongest evidence is that you can buy essays, or getting teaching notes, on Talking in whispers as it is a set book for English GCSE. See here, here, here or here. Plus the study guide available on Amazon. Plus I found a couple more short reviews, one in the Guardian (Children's books: Rip off their jackets and get the joy of texts, The Guardian (Manchester); Feb 5, 1994; JOANNA CAREY; via newsuk) and The Times (Tickets to central Europe;Books, The Times (London); Aug 27, 1994; Brian Alderson; via newsuk) Tassedethe (talk) 06:08, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per Tassedethe's extensive and decisive research; shared common names are a pain in the neck, which is why I glanced at but stayed away from this one.John Z (talk) 07:37, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep Go to Google Books, go to Google News & Archive, go to Google, try different keywords, and when sources are not online go to your local fucking library and read them. Make it work, because authors don't need people kicking them around after all the hard hours they have spent getting their words just right. Sincerely, Manhattan Samurai (talk) 20:47, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


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