Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Lofton (author)


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The result was delete. Consensus is that the article does not meet the notability guidelines due to a lack of significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. Davewild (talk) 19:00, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Michael Lofton (author)

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No evidence of any notability. The various publications appear to be more or less self published (the "Working Towards Reunion" by Lulu.com). Google search finds no independent coverage. DePRODded by original editor, with no comment (also removing appropriate maintenance tag at same time). Pam D  06:46, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
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This article should not be deleted because Michael Lofton is a noted figure, as his self published works have been endorsed by some of the greatest scholars in Catholic Theology, such as Scott Hahn and Mike Aquilina. Also, his articles on Church Militant reach thousands of people daily. As far as google and independent coverage, simply google Michael Lofton Catholic and plenty comes up. Please remove the deletion request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ignatiusseraphim (talk • contribs) 23:49, 18 June 2015 (UTC) — Ignatiusseraphim (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Self-published being the key phrase, that doesn't show any notability. As a result, fails WP:GNG and WP:NAUTHOUR, so Delete. Joseph2302 (talk) 23:52, 18 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete What we lack here are third-party sources. The references are books and articles by him, and an interview (which is considered by him) but nothing substantial about him. I didn't find any better sources doing searches. I don't doubt that he is respected in his area, but it looks to me like he hasn't achieved WP-level notability yet. LaMona (talk) 06:10, 20 June 2015 (UTC)


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