Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patricia Veryan


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure)  Ya  sh  !   07:29, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

Patricia Veryan

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Poorly sourced biography of a writer, which makes no strong claim of notability besides "she existed" -- and which is sourced only to a directory listing on LibraryThing and a fan's own self-published fansite, with no evidence of reliable source coverage shown at all. As always, a writer is not automatically entitled to a Wikipedia article just because she existed; RS coverage which supports a WP:AUTHOR pass must be present for an article to become earned. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 00:25, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep There are many RS about her. I added two the article. These are behind a paywall, but they are biographical treatments of Veryan published by RS. You may want to search under her other names as Veryan is a pen name. I'll try to add more later, but I'm pressed for time right now. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 23:50, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Uanfala (talk) 18:19, 16 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep Given her output, of interest to somebody. Engleham (talk) 19:27, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep As well as the good sources Megalibrarygirl found, Veryan has an entry in Twentieth-century romance and historical writers including biog and lit crit, and an entry in various editions of Gale's Contemporary Authors giving awards she won from specialists in her genre. I've added a little more to the article. Lelijg (talk) 16:00, 19 July 2016 (UTC)


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