Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Carr (writer)


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The result was   keep. Mgm|(talk) 10:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Paul Carr (writer)

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Can't find any reliable secondary sources that mention this writer. Fails to meet any of the general notability guidelines. The page does read more like a personal bio. Bluecup182 (talk) 15:07, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

It seems to me there are a list of reliable secondary sources in the footnotes including the Guardian newspaper, the Bookseller (the major publishing trade magazine in the UK) and the BBC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.198.245.122 (talk) 19:09, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Looking though the sources; the BBC link doesn't lead to any mention of Paul Carr and a search on the BBC website for both "Paul Carr" and "The Secret Election", for which this link should be linking to, brings up nothing.


 * The Bookseller website requires a subscription to view so I am unable to check its contents.


 * There are a couple of links to articles on the Guardian website that mention Paul Carr but they are about projects he has been involved in and not about Paul Carr himself.


 * The other links leads to either articles written by Paul Carr, information hosted on Paul Carr's website, what look like press releases and one review of his book.


 * *Delete There seems to be no sources that shows that Paul Carr is notable as outlined in WP:CREATIVE Bluecup182 (talk) 21:04, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:02, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:11, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. Creator of a body of work that has been subject of multiple independent reviews, many of which are cited in the article. Plus, I think anybody whose autobiography has been published by a mainstream publisher should generally be considered notable. JulesH (talk) 08:12, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. I have struck out above a "delete" comment and bullet point that were added in the middle of an existing comment from the original nominator by an anon user.  I'm not sure what the intended effect was, but changing another user's contribution is not generally accepted in AFDs.  I have also indented the nominator's comment for added clarity. JulesH (talk) 20:48, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - at least 2 reliable sources including The Guardian. Bearian (talk) 21:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


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