Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John McFetridge


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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Daniel (talk) 22:54, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

John McFetridge

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WP:BLP of a writer, not reliably sourced as having a strong notability claim per WP:AUTHOR. As always, writers are not "inherently" notable just because their work exists, but rather they need to show some concrete markers of achievement (e.g. notable literary or screenwriting awards, etc.) to establish their significance. But the only sources here are a Q&A interview in which he's speaking about himself in the first person and a cite that just goes "Publication, date" without actually naming the title of any specific piece of content -- and on a search for better sources, I'm just not finding nearly enough to make a difference. I can find a couple of stray book reviews in reliable sources, but not nearly enough -- mostly I'm finding reviews in university student media, which isn't GNG-making coverage, and a glancing namecheck of his existence as a giver of soundbite in an article whose subject is flash fiction. This just isn't enough. Bearcat (talk) 14:46, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 14:46, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 14:46, 27 March 2021 (UTC)


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