Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven O'Connor


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:51, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Steven O'Connor

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I'm not strongly pressing for deletion of this article, but it is clearly on the edge of notability and I would like to see what consensus is on cases like this. After doing some research I believe there's no point tagging the article for notability concerns, since there is very little to be added that would confirm notability. This is the author of a single published novel, with a limited print run, which not long after publication was pulled even as an ebook apparently because the publisher withdrew from the Young Adult genre. The novel has received two professional reviews, from Booklist and Bookseller+Publisher. These are industry publications; there are no reviews in newspapers, no press interviews with the author, although some publicity does appear in blogs. The author has indicated their future likely lies in self-published ebooks. How close does this come to satisfying WP:AUTHOR? TheGrappler (talk) 16:38, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Whether an author is self-published or goes through a publisher (of any size) or whether they issue paper books or only in e-books, they are all subject to the same standards of notability for authors. Being published through a small indie publisher doesn't mean that they can't be notable, neither does being published through e-book only formats. It just makes it less likely that there would be coverage in reliable sources, which blogs are almost never considered to be. The two reviews through Bookslist and Bookseller+Publisher are not enough to give notability to the book or to the author. There just isn't enough coverage of this author and/or his book to show notability enough to pass WP:AUTHOR. Two reviews is far from enough to show notability.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 16:54, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 17:13, 4 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete per the policies in WP:AUTHOR and WP:BK. Qworty (talk) 19:20, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
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