Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marian Tee


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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 22:02, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Marian Tee

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Claims to be a bestselling author but I can't find any reliable sources for it or her, and it appears most if not all of her books are self-published or published by obscure publishers like Jaded Speck (there's a lot of books, I'm trying to check a bunch of them to be sure). — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 16:07, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Okay, apparently those "best sellers" are boxed sets that include a whole bunch of different authors. That explains why my initial search didn't result in anything. A new editor added some references today, and I fixed the info up a bit. Still think she's not notable though. — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 17:45, 3 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. North America1000 00:18, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. North America1000 00:18, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete - A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author without reliable coverage? Surprising... except I couldn't find any independent coverage that would confirm that status anyway. Or for her. Or for any of her novels. If someone can find a source which confirms that she's a NY Times or USA Today bestselling author, ping me. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:53, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - Also, I would find it very surprising if an author who has spent her entire life in the Philippines can become a bestselling author in America at all. The books written here usually don't go very far. And she would have been reported by the news here (Filipino news programs and websites tend to document the international accomplishments of Filipinos), which would mean I would have at least heard of her (which I haven't). Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:56, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - I only found this: . Bearian (talk) 02:35, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95  Talk   15:36, 8 July 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95  Talk   13:44, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * delete The boxed set that supposedly made it onto the NYT bestseller list has exactly 16 GHits, none of them to reviews outside sites like Goodreads. Lacking citations there's not a lot of reason to believe this promotional article. Seyasirt (talk) 16:26, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * delete This is maybe the most extreme authort AFD I've ever seen. As some regulars on these AFDs know, I've only been at this for a few months, but I have defended a series of minor literary authors, non U.S. based writers, and  popular but little written-up authors - Rebecca Donovan.  But I'm stymied by this one.  Tee appears to be the ultimate Paperback Writer.  She sells books, she makes it onto bestseller lists, but she gets absolutely zero respect.  To make certain I was being fair, I went to the list of newspapers in Manila, and ran her name through searches on the websites.  I got no hits, none at all.  And without sources, we cannot have a WP article.E.M.Gregory (talk) 20:24, 21 July 2015 (UTC)


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