Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard K. O'Malley


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The result was   delete. joe deckertalk to me 22:38, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Richard K. O'Malley

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Author who does not appear to meet WP:GNG. A few incidental book reviews in local newspapers and a plethora articles written by him, but there is no significant coverage about his works or his life in multiple WP:RS; the only actual non-trivial, non-primary sources appear to be his obituary and one article about his role in and expulsion from the AP Bureau in Moscow (which itself is not mentioned in the article). Per the article's talk page, there is a claim that he has some sort of importance in Butte, but no sourcing can be found to corroborate that assertion. Kinu t /c  20:57, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - notability is local, and of the two books, one appears self-published. The one book has been reviewed on a couple of sites, but beyond that I couldn't find much. Sea photo Talk  23:10, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:46, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Acather96 (talk) 06:35, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Weak delete this seems to indicate the creator does not understand that Wikipedia is not a soapbox, nor is it a memorial. I see no evidence that this person is known outside of this home town of Butte, Montana (pop 33,892) Ohconfucius  ¡digame! 15:01, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
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