Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Young (writer)


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The result was withdrawn (NAC). SwisterTwister  talk  21:11, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Rob Young (writer)

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NN writer/editor. While the magazine he edits may be notable (not convinced), this individual does not appear to pass WP:GNG at all - the mini-bios on pubs he contributed to don't make the "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" grade.

Note that there are other writers named Rob Young, for example the screenplay writer at www.robyoung.info The Dissident Aggressor 20:50, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Electric Eden. Deleting the information on EE from his article should have been an indication. It's very common, and in fact advised, to write about an author's books on their own WP page (as they are part of the author's oeuvre). This is especially important when the books don't warrant articles of their own. A very quick search of his work, though, find a handful of reviews, but no book received as well as EE (multiple reviews, "Young published his monumental and even broader history, Electric Eden, ... to plaudits from both the literary and musical worlds"). In this case, we redirect to the book since the book has much more coverage than the writer himself (though there is some secondary source coverage about his life/work in a Google Books search). As for doubting whether The Wire deserves its own article, I'd start here. The magazine is a big deal. If you'll withdraw this AfD, we can opt for a speedy redirect. – czar   23:39, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * NOMIINATION WITHDRAWN per our Russian leader's suggestion. Please close this. The Dissident Aggressor 00:46, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:19, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
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