Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robin Michael Smith


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: article deleted per WP:CSD after sole author blanked the page. – Athaenara ✉  01:10, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Robin Michael Smith

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WP:NOTABILITY. This is built entirely on non-WP:RS (including the CNN material, as that is on their "iReporter" section, for which they deny fact-checking or vetting), including subject's website. The book involved appears to be WP:SPS. Nat Gertler (talk) 23:38, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

This book is being published by Hachette Book Group. The non-fiction book was used to source the article along with a person-to-peron interview, military documents that are available on the Author's site, and other online articles. Psherburne (talk) 23:54, 8 October 2011 (UTC)


 * The book is supposedly being published next month, and you claim by a major publisher, and yet there is no listing for it on the publisher's website, no listing for it on Amazon, no listing for it at BN.com. The publisher is not listed on the author's website, not even in the "press kit" for the book. Your sourcing is material provided to you by the author, and apparently to other non-reliable sources. --Nat Gertler (talk) 00:19, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Note there are only three links to sites other than the author's; the CNN "user written" site, neighborsgo (which seems to be similar, and was written by the author of the Wikipedia article, "philipsherburne", and another site which also seems to be "user written." --Mr. Vernon (talk) 00:42, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: The original author has now blanked the article, and thus I've submitted it for speedy deletion. If appropriate, I would like to see this AFD file remain visible, in case the article resurfaces at a later date. --Nat Gertler (talk) 00:46, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.