Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Rayner


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:12, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Richard Rayner

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The article does not explain why this author is sufficiently notable for a Wikipedia article, and I have not been able to find anything from a google search that shows he is more notable than the article implies (i.e. not very). Thryduulf (talk) 11:06, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 11:06, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 11:06, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
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 * Keep as seems to pass WP:AUTHOR: author of a book that has been made into a feature-length film (L.A. Without a Map), and his books have been the subject of multiple independent reviews in periodicals as evidenced by Google News archive. Qwfp (talk) 11:47, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep It will look better when wikified. I note there is an alleged literary award, possibly not an important one, but can this be verified?  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:34, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability established to meet guidelines. ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:24, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: per Qwfp. Iowateen (talk) 17:11, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
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