Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam Smith poet novelist editor


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The result of the debate was keep and mark for cleanup. Also, move to new title Sam Smith (writer). Rob Church Talk 03:04, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Sam Smith poet novelist editor
Bad vanity article by self-admitted "struggling novelist". If his books appear on amazon at all, they seem to rank well over 2 million, or be available only as downloads. The article is largely a list of ISBNs, many from a small press he runs. Highly promotional. R. fiend 16:03, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Smith has some notability in the English poetry world and is widely published: the collections mentioned are not necessarily "vanity press" publishers (e.g. University of Salzburg has also published poets of the stature of James Kirkup). However, the article is dreadful - desperately needs renaming and rewriting Humansdorpie 16:46, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as vanity and non-notable. I assume vanity based on the username of the creator.  I will refrain from rude inferences based on the quality of the article.--Isotope23 17:15, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Cleanup Coolgamer 19:01, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment in any case, we can't keep it at that name. If kept, it should be moved to Sam Smith (novelist) or somesuch. --Jacquelyn Marie 03:51, 15 October 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.