Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/T. L. Williams


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The result was delete. Vanamonde (talk) 15:14, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

T. L. Williams

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(Not to be confused with the musician T. L. Williams.) I spent time tidying up this article and came to realise that there was a serious question over notability of this ex-CIA employee and author. The article was created on 21 April 2015 by User:Wmsterry (COI clearly) and this is the only article he has edited. I suspect several of the anon edits are also by him or his family. According to Open Library, his publisher, First Coast Publishers, has published only two books and one ebook between 2002 and 2014, all by Williams. According to novelrank.com, Amazon has sold a total of three copies of Unit 400.


 * Detailed Amazon's rankings:
 * Zero Day: #738,536 Paid in Kindle Store, #363,428 in Books
 * Cooper's Revenge: #1,097,329 Paid in Kindle Store, #3,513,954 in Books
 * Unit 400: #1,385,691 Paid in Kindle Store, #4,230,544 in Books.

That don't impress me much. His awards are from what appears to be a club for writers. Much of the article is unreferenced and the whole appears to be a vanity project for a would-be writer. Emeraude (talk) 15:15, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. North America1000 15:35, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. North America1000 15:35, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America1000 15:35, 1 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete. Appears to be a VANITY page PROMO for non-notable retired gentleman author. Fails WP:SIGCOV.E.M.Gregory (talk) 23:11, 3 January 2019 (UTC)


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