Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Hutchinson (author)


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The result was   keep. Courcelles 11:30, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Robert Hutchinson (author)

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Unsourced BLP (original 'References' section turned out to be spurious). Created and abandoned by a new editor back in January 2009, and reduced to stub shortly thereafter. Topic is a minor writer on the subject of the Catholic Church. Lengthy review of one of his books in the National Catholic Reporter, but it contains little biographical information. Google News and Google Books do not appear to yield any substantive hits on this Robert Hutchinson (but given the number of other Robert Hutchinsons, they may be hidden in the noise). No indication that he meets WP:CREATIVE. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 04:51, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Update: a citation to a NYT review has been added to the article -- but it's behind a paywall, so it's unclear what it says & what depth it contains. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 03:44, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Further update: a whole heap of material has just been added to the article: 4 of the current 8 citations are to Hutchinson himself. Two are to unreliable sources (a travel agent and a Czech bookstore -- though I suppose the latter is barely adequate for the bare existence of a Czech translation). This leaves two reviews (though I have no idea if Kirkus Reviews are RS or not). HrafnTalkStalk(P) 17:23, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:19, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- Jclemens-public (talk) 06:21, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:35, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Weak Keep Looks like there have been a number of sources added, but they primarily deal with his works, rather than his life. On the other hand, Hrafn is to be commended for taking a bunch of bare refs dumped into the article during the AfD and formatting them appropriately. Jclemens (talk) 04:02, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep seems somewhat notable, and there are sources.. but not much. --Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 02:55, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Two book, both with reviews. Meets WP:AUTHOR. (fwiw, the appropriate sources for notability  of an author are expected to be about his work, not his life: writing books is what makes an author notable.)  DGG ( talk ) 00:39, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
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