Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Marchand

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The result of the debate was KEEP. I'm going to prune this mercilessly back to a third-person stub. -Splash 20:45, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Richard Marchand
Nothing screams vanity like switching between first and third person. --fvw *  13:05, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment If this is kept, it will need major cleanup. He could be notable, so I'm going to abstain. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 19:21, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. He is a reasonably notable commercial artist who has done cover art for at least one reasonably reputable UK small press company specializing in sf/fantasy horror (as well as other small presses). The article text is taken from his website, and badly edited. He's up for a British Fantasy Award this year, which may not be the Booker Prize, but is still well-regarded in the genre. Looks to me like it's not a vanity page, but was put up by Sean Wright, one of whose books Marchand did a cover for. Monicasdude 04:33, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. A BFA nomination meets the bar for notability, I'd say. MCB 05:48, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
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