Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rudy Thomas


 * 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   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:03, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Rudy Thomas

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This is one of millions of online poets who post poetry on free websites and indulge in "vanity publishing" on lulu.com, they have no actual credits to their name beyond that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Userdefinable (talk • contribs) 28 August 2012
 * Comment: I accidentally found this AfD page when checking the nominator's contribution history for an unrelated matter. The nominator added the AfD tag to the article on 25 March 2011 but it was reverted on 12 April because steps 2 and 3 of the AfD process were not followed. The nominator then created this discussion page on 28 August 2012, without re-tagging the article or adding it to the log. I have done both on behalf of the nominator; the effective date of this nomination should be 30 August 2012. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 17:39, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - Appears to be non-notable, and does not have enough reliable sources to establish any notability. The sources currently in the article are unusable, as they are either first party, or not about the subject.  Searching for sources on my own, I found only a single reliable source, here, that was not extremely trivial.  Its a review of his work, however it is only a singular example, and appears to be only a very local newspaper, and thus not enough on its own to establish notability.  Rorshacma (talk) 17:50, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:28, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:29, 30 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. Utterly fails WP:AUTHOR, WP:BK, and WP:BIO. Qworty (talk) 20:07, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
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