Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Barnes (Canadian author)


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The result was delete. Consensus is that the subject fails notability guidelines. Just Chilling (talk) 16:58, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Michael Barnes (Canadian author)

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WP:BLP of a writer, not properly referenced as clearing WP:AUTHOR. The only references here are a Who's Who directory entry (a type of sourcing which has been long-deprecated as not an instant notability freebie all by itself, because it's too easily gamed by the kind of Who's Who scam that allows self-promoters to buy their entry) and a primary source profile on the self-published website of a directly affiliated organization. But on a ProQuest search for older coverage that doesn't Google properly, I literally found nothing but a few stray pieces of "local guy writes book" in his hometown community hyperlocal, which is not enough coverage to make a person notable if it's the best we can do. And although he was named to the Order of Canada, that's still not an instant notability freebie that exempts him from having to have any viable sources -- lots of OC members don't have Wikipedia articles, because even with an OC after their name a person still has to show some evidence of having received reliable source coverage about the work they did to get it. ANYBIO does not exempt a person from having to have any viable sources just because a distinction has been claimed: we still have to be able to base the article on some evidence of reliable source coverage about his writing. Bearcat (talk) 16:57, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 16:57, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 16:57, 10 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete I also searched, also found a mere handful of article in hometown paper (Former K.L. resident authors another book: [Final Edition], Owen, Rick. Northern Daily News; Cobalt, Ont. [Cobalt, Ont]17 June 2003: 3.)E.M.Gregory (talk) 10:50, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete the sourcing is not enough to pass notability guidelines.John Pack Lambert (talk) 23:17, 12 July 2019 (UTC)


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