Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael C. Sulivan


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 06:07, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Michael C. Sulivan

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Article is about a person who it would appear fails to meet the basic criteria for inclusion under WP:BIO, or indeed WP:N in general. There is nothing stated or implied in the account given of the subject's career in journalism to indicate any likelyhood of notability by that score. Otherwise, the subject is stated to be the author of two self-published books (cf. the publisher AuthorHouse). I am unable to find any indications that either has been "the subject of multiple, non-trivial published works appearing in sources that are independent of the book itself", as the inclusion criteria per WP:BK states. No reviews, critiques, citations, or other appraisals, either of the works of the author, in any independent source. And as that guideline futher notes, "it should always weigh against an article's inclusion if the author or other interested party is the creator of the Wikipedia article", which appears to be the case here. The creation of this article triggers significant WP:YOURSELF concerns, it is hard to avoid the impression that there is a degree of (self-)promotional intent behind it. In the absence of any evidence supplied the article, or obtainable via the usual searches, that there are any notable independent sources that (a)validate the biographical info and (b)demonstrate notability, there seem to be no grounds for retaining an article here on either the author or his works. cjllw ʘ  TALK 07:11, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Non-notable autobio/vanity page.  7  07:13, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Two self-published books, one in one WorldCat library only: that of his present place of residence, the other one not even that. Personally, I do not regard the assertion of a self published book necessarily a sufficient indication of possible importance to prevent speedy as A7.    DGG ( talk ) 07:45, 9 September 2009 (UTC)    DGG ( talk ) 07:45, 9 September 2009 (UTC).
 * Delete An author of two books which fail Notability_(books) and who fails Notability (people) himself. The fact that it is also seemly written by the author himself, with no references apart from his blog and one of the books is merely the cherry on top of the cake. --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 07:47, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Incidently, if the article were to be kept, it would need to be moved to Michael C. Sullivan or Michael Sullivan (author). --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 07:47, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Clearly fails our criteria as detailed by others above. I also agree with DGG, and probably would have speedy deleted it. Dougweller (talk) 08:02, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom fails it all. JBsupreme (talk) 08:26, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Same justification as all above.Simonm223 (talk) 14:11, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per cjllw and Phantomsteve. Clubmarx (talk) 00:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Spam. Author's user page needs deleted as well. &mdash; RHaworth 06:18, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.