Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryk E. Spoor


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The result was   delete. &mdash;Darkwind (talk) 07:52, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Ryk E. Spoor

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Subject does not appear to satisfy Notability guidelines as most of the information comes from LiveJournal or his publisher's website and appears to be more about promoting his books than discussing any significant accomplishments. LovelyLillith (talk) 00:53, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
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 * He's had a whole lot of stuff published via Baen Books; I'd call that notability. DS (talk) 11:49, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Published author does not make inherent notability. WP:AUTHOR #3 requires multiple book reviews in reliable sources. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 14:57, 8 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete His most popular book is Boundary. I'm unable to find any reviews of this book in reliable sources. There's blogs and other unreliable sources. It would not pass WP:AUTHOR #3. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 15:07, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep: Reliable sources? Here's the Publishers Weekly of Threshold which was a Wall Street Journal best-seller. - Dravecky (talk) 02:44, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Great, that's one review. Any others? Best seller isn't used as a metric for notability for a number of reasons. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 14:31, 12 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 04:40, 14 September 2013 (UTC)


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