Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Halsey


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   no consensus. Although keep rationales are rather week. WP:Author 3 does require "or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews" of which none of the keep !voters have presented. However, there is no consensus to delete this article at this time. v/r - TP 16:10, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Mike Halsey

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Subject is a tech writer whose main claim to fame seems to be his Microsoft MVP award. Some of his books have had positive reviews on Amazon.

However, there are lots of MVPs, so I don't think an MVP award can confer notability. I can't find reviews of his books outside Amazon. I can't find any other indication of notability. The references supplied are mostly very weak. A bit iffy (talk) 13:02, 30 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. A bit iffy (talk) 13:24, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. A bit iffy (talk) 13:24, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Can't see any evidence that this meets WP:GNG, WP:ANYBIO or WP:AUTHOR. Qwfp (talk) 14:12, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:AUTHOR. Also at Ghacks, apparently regarded as being important. (leads back to primary source, but at least reported elsewhere), . -- Trevj (talk) 13:55, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 19:40, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 15 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. Author of multiple notable books, per WP:AUTHOR criterion 3. JulesH (talk) 23:41, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Could you point us to the "multiple independent periodical articles or reviews" of those books that criterion requires? Qwfp (talk) 12:11, 16 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak keep provided it's cleaned-up and the links to Wikipedia are removed. Subject is an author. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:31, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
 * But most authors are not notable. According to this there appear to be several thousand tech authors in the UK. I doubt if even 1% of those would be deemed notable. Why is this one notable? -A bit iffy (talk) 15:12, 17 May 2012 (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.