Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suzanne North


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The result was   nomination withdrawn due to sourcing improvements. Bearcat (talk) 17:28, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Suzanne North

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WP:BLP of a writer whose article makes no substantive claim of notability that would pass WP:AUTHOR — as written, it just asserts her existence, and references it to primary sources like her own website and her promotional profile on GoodReads. The only source here that even approaches reliability is #8 (an interview on CBC Radio One's local station in Saskatchewan), but it's a longstanding principle of AFD that since it still involves the subject speaking about herself, an interview does not demonstrate notability in and of itself. And further, that interview is being cited solely to support the title of one of her books — so it's still just serving to demonstrate that she exists, rather than showing that she's accomplished any of the specific achievements that it takes to get a writer into Wikipedia. As always, I'm willing to withdraw this if the sourcing and notability claim can be beefed up — but in its current form this is actually teetering on the edge of a promotional WP:NOTADVERT violation. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 18:27, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  Everymorning   talk  19:18, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:33, 25 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment Her latest, Flying Time, does appear to have some RS reviews: National Post and Winnipeg Review. The latter describes her as "known for her Phoebe Fairfax mystery series [Healthy, Wealthy & Dead (1994), Seeing is Believing (1996), and Bones to Pick (2002)", so there may be older coverage offline. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 17:26, 25 February 2015 (UTC) I've added some references and cleaned up the promotional material. See what you/anybody else thinks. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 18:35, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * commentThere are many reviews of her works (references are included, but are not available online, only through proquest or Canadian Newsstand), a few critical books/articles (one from Wilfred Laurier University Press) that highlight the author's significance as Canadian author. do not delete but encourage people to add to it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.232.246.79 (talk) 23:46, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep per added sources after my above comment. 24.151.10.165 (talk) 00:36, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. The references mentioned above show notability per WP:GNG. There's also a bio of her in Saskatchewan Writers: Lives Past and Present. T.C.Haliburtontalk nerdy to me 05:25, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Much better. Thanks for the save, guys. Bearcat (talk) 17:28, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
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