Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kieron Connolly


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The result was delete. czar 01:51, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Kieron Connolly

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Inadequately referenced article about a poet author and playwright which does not meet WP:GNG or WP:BIO. Current EL are blogs, facebook, seller listing or an article about a small theater troupe's play based on one of the books which is not significant enough meet notability threshold. My searches have brought only a few listings of books for sale and nothing significant coverage to meet the inclusion criteria. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 00:57, 4 March 2016 (UTC)


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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 01:01, 4 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment Kieron Connolly article tightened up - EL's referred to above have been removed and replaced with a link to National Library of Ireland ( the three novels published by subject are listed therein ). EL's also include reviews by Irelands national broadcaster. As an aside, the subject was never described as a poet.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dramaqueen12346 (talk • contribs) 13:33, 4 March 2016 (UTC)  — Dramaqueen1236 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Thank you for your effort, the first 2 RTE.ie reviews help somewhat, but I feel they still fall into the more routine coverage and do not demonstrate enough to meet the WP:GNG or WP:AUTHOR thresholds yet. I have also turned all the provided EL into actual references as I believe they were intended to be. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 14:33, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 17:31, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Hi Guys, if this will help to bring some closure to the matter: Connolly has travelled abroad giving talks on writing a novel .. example: The stage play that has just had its first outing is not based on any works previously published - and in fairness to the small theater troupe referred to, whether it be the director or some of the cast, they have worked with the likes of Robbie Coltrane and Dan Ackroyd in the past, so 'small' is a relative term. The play in question will be travelling around Ireland in the coming months, with at least one stop on the European mainland, so in an effort to be Solomon-like - or perhaps even Solomon-lite, would the wisest course of action be to park the bus for the next 12 months, remove the 'considered for deletion' tag on page, see what happens over the course of the next year, and take it from there? And just to add: this man would never describe himself as a poet, so including him in a list of poets for deletion (?) seems a bit harsh - in fairness, a poet and he didn't even know it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arrighan7 (talk • contribs) 22:06, 11 March 2016 (UTC) — Arrighan7 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * This does not help, we need to see proof that he meets WP:NAUTHOR. Wikipedia is not a Crystal Ball to speculate on notability, in fact it is a lagging indicator of notability.McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 23:04, 11 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete He does not pass WP:NAUTHOR. The only outside sources in the article are what appear to be routine reviews by the Irish national broadcasting system; and I could not find anything else about him in a search. In fact my searching suggested that there are two other writers named Kieron Connolly (one a nonfiction author, the other a screenwriter) who are more notable than he is. --MelanieN (talk) 23:52, 19 March 2016 (UTC)


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