Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Cooper (author)


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The result was   speedy delete. Copyright infringment Wily D 09:18, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Tom Cooper (author)

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PROD contested by article creator (see talk page); there is no evidence of notability. GiantSnowman 09:28, 12 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete as per nom. no notability at all.--Wakowako (talk) 11:45, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Here's the big issue: while the guy could potentially be considered enough of an authority to where his books could potentially serve as a source for articles based on the planes he's written about, he isn't such a notable authority that he'd pass parts 1 or 2 of WP:AUTHOR. There just doesn't seem to be any sources that are in-depth, reliable, and independent of the source. I see his name getting dropped in a few blogs, but by large most of the stuff I'm finding is about other Tom Coopers, is unusable, or are otherwise junk/merchant hits. If there are any sources out there, they're incredibly well hidden. The PROD rationale was that he is an author, but as stated on the talk page, simply publishing a book doesn't guarantee notability. You can publish a book through one of the Big Four, yet that doesn't guarantee notability.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 12:03, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Lacks notability. Also, this article is a copy and paste from the publishers website link. -- Phazakerley  (talk) 04:46, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Then speedy delete as copy-vio. הסרפד (Hasirpad) [formerly Ratz...bo] 06:12, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
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