Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kenneth McKay


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The result was   delete. Olaf Davis (talk) 00:00, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Kenneth McKay


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I am nominating both Kenneth McKay and his one book for deletion. Kenneth McKay's only reasonable assertion of notability is writing the book, The Master and the Messenger. That book's only assertion of notability is having been written by Kenneth McKay. Looking for reviews or such on Google yields almost nothing but Facbook pages, Wikipedia mirrors, and Amazon pages. When you exclude all of those you're left with precisely 29 pages that are all trying to sell the book. No reliable coverage - not notable. Someguy1221 (talk) 19:50, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete both biography and book page. Remarkably non-specific biography (Ayrshire, university, Spain, Italy all without detail) which flows straight into text to sell the book. The novel is described as "released on the web"; the publisher site is given over to this one novel. Only one of the "Quotes & Reviews" on his site could perhaps begin to establish a notability but it is one word and unreferenced. AllyD (talk) 20:22, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Looking at User talk:Patonfassi, it is likely that an earlier version of this article was a speedy-delete in October 2007? AllyD (talk) 23:13, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete author whose only book is (apparently) self-published. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  21:56, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:35, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:36, 11 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete both. There is no evidence for notability for the novel or the author whose sole claim to notability is writing the novel.  --- Whpq (talk) 22:18, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete both articles per WP:VERIFY and WP:GNG. — Satori Son 20:18, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete both. No outside reviews, and the publisher seems not to exist except in connection with this one book. --MelanieN (talk) 22:27, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
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