Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ted Staunton (2nd nomination)


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The result was Speedy Keep. I clearly got carried away with this one. I apologise for getting fixated on that old AfD. I'll close this as a speedy keep since the links provided by DiamondRemley39 point to the subject meeting WP:AUTHOR. Modussiccandi (talk) 12:33, 2 February 2021 (UTC) (non-admin closure) AfDs for this article:

Ted Staunton

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Some years ago, a page of this name was deleted via an AfD (see here). The reasons for deletion were that no reliable/independent sources were used in the article; instead said article filled its reference section with Good Reads and the like. The new article, though not a copy, has the same problems: it does not use reliable sources to cover this person's life and the source situation has changed only slightly since the last time around. Yes, he has written lots of books but they don't seem to have the number of reliable reviews asked for in WP:AUTHOR. Regarding WP:ANYBIO, I don't think the John Spray Mystery Award is sufficient to make its recipients notable by default. Modussiccandi (talk) 10:52, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Modussiccandi (talk) 10:52, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
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 * Keep This definitely feels more of an inquisitional event. Again, as I wrote on a talk page, there's no option for comparison to a previous deletion event, no way for a contributor to even really be aware a previous page existed, unless going through the "back dumpster", search form I found. I would have been more conscientious if such were the case; but the imposing and now again re-imposing image of a executioner with an axe has disturbed me.  Sorry to be dramatic.  Haha... Tomacpace (talk) 11:09, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep meets author criteria with plenty of reviews in obvious places. Maybe do BEFORE in the future? **https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/ted-staunton/
 * https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4598-0434-0 (and more at PW)
 * https://www.slj.com/?authorName=STAUNTON%2C%20Ted
 * Likely more elsewhere, but this should suffice. --DiamondRemley39 (talk) 12:08, 2 February 2021 (UTC)


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