Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Gayle


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The result was   keep. joe deckertalk to me 18:11, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Mike Gayle

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Writer who fails notability test in WP:AUTHOR Philafrenzy (talk) 10:12, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep There's an article about him in the London Evening Standard, another with The Voice, an interview in the Independent. Also here and here. Here the Independent identifies him as one of the top agony advisers in the UK. He's mentioned specifically in the context of "lad-lit" in this piece in the New Statesman. Also in this book, and this one, and this one, and this one, and this one. He's used as an example of a lad-lit author by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (Great Britain). There's a review for Life and Soul of the Party in the Mirror. A review of Mr Commitment in the Independent, another in the Victoria Advocate and one more in the Boston Globe. There's a review of the French translation of the same book in Le Parisien. A review of The Importance of Being a Bachelor in the Malaysian Star and another (very short) in the Mirror. The Malaysian star also has a review of Brand New Friend, including the comment "There’s chick-lit and bloke-lit. Of the latter genre, the stalwarts are probably Nick Hornby, Tony Parsons and Mike Gayle." And there are more book reviews behind paywalls see and . He's also been interviewed by the local BBC. TL;DR : Keep. passes WP:GNG and WP:AUTHOR as a frequently named author in the "lad-lit" genre. Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 14:05, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Also another piece on him here. Reviews for Turning Thirty here and here. More paywall book reviews for My Legendary Girlfriend and  plus a mention of a potential movie version in Hollywood Reporter. Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 15:02, 21 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep, per the above, plus the fact that Turning Thirty was a hugely successful book which was prominently displayed in bookshops for several years. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 14:27, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Obvious keep. Very notable with lots of coverage around.--Michig (talk) 20:58, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
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