Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Simon & Schuster authors


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  23:52, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

List of Simon & Schuster authors

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This list is far too large to comfortably navigate, but an attempt to pare it down leads to a further question, is this article itself useful? Per LISTN for a list to be notable it is based on the group. One accepted reason why a list topic is considered notable is if it has been discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources. While I can find a few things that mention people as a Simon & Schuster author, there does not seem to be a commonly defined group of Simon & Schuster authors. TartarTorte 16:13, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. TartarTorte 16:13, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
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 * Comment. This kind of list is perilously close to a commercial directory or catalog. pburka (talk) 16:39, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete: Consider that Simon and Schuster has been around for almost 100 years now and has many imprints. Consider all the books published by them during that time. This list is a fraction of the gargantuan size it would be if it were complete, and wildly impractical. Gnomingstuff (talk) 20:34, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete The fact that a writer published a work with a particular imprint is often not at all defining to the writer. Many academics have some books that are published for the broader market through commercial imprints. I do not think in that case it makes any sense to connect those people in any way with that publisher.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:23, 13 January 2022 (UTC)


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