Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Whitehouse


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The result was delete. Davewild (talk) 19:26, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Michael Whitehouse

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An alleged online celebrity, but almost all the sources listed are not reliable sources. Fails WP:GNG and WP:WEB. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:00, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Hope I'm using this correctly. I created the entry on Michael Whitehouse and was going to make a few other ones about other online horror writers who I think are noteworthy, but obviously won't if this is an issue. Bear with me. I'm new to all of this. I have no problem with the post being deleted if it's seen as not being notable. All I can say in support of the article remaining is that his work has been read by millions of people. If you scroll to the bottom of this page you'll see that his story Bedtime was read over a million times, another half a million times on this page. Videos have been made about his work generating hundreds of thousands of views.

His work has also been translated into Portugese and German. A video game based on one of his stories was made and garnered strong reviews and played by internet celebrites such as Markiplier. Lastly, he also has a published book which has been a top ten Amazon bestseller garnering over 130 reviews across the US and UK websites, and 158 reviews on Good Reads which is substantially more than some established writers' books who are included on Wikipedia such as Dean Koontz.

No problem if none of this makes him notable, just love some of these writers and felt they had a large enough following to be deemed notable when individuals such as James Rolfe, while having a much bigger following, are included in wikipedia as notable people. I can understand deleting such an article if it was some unknown individual, but personally I think having millions of readers makes you a notable writer.

In any case, if this article gets deleted I'll be sure to scrap the other ones I've been working on. Love Wikipedia and would hate to detract from it in any way, just wanted to add useful information. Sorry if this has caused any issues. PhantomTeller (talk)


 * Delete fails GNG -- ℕ  ℱ  19:42, 16 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete - fails to establish notability. red dogsix (talk) 13:45, 17 June 2015 (UTC)


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 * Delete The tales sound like fun and I like the idea that people are doing DIY story-telling. However, the books are essentially self-published e-books. They appear in Amazon, and the publisher is Whitehouse's own publishing house. Should he get picked up by a "real publisher" then it would make sense to consider an article about him. Also, should such an article be written, it must not sound like a fan letter, and there need to be third-party reliable sources. PhantomTeller, for any articles that you have in progress, you might want to consider taking them through articles for creation where you will get advice on what a well-crafted article needs. LaMona (talk) 02:34, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - not a single reliable source exists. We don't build biographies based solely on Good Reads, YouTube, and fan fiction. Perhaps a redirect might work. Bearian (talk) 17:10, 23 June 2015 (UTC)


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