Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Travis J I Corcoran


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Delete. The "keep" posts were virtually certainly all from the creator of the article, but they would have made no difference anyway, because none of them advanced any reason for keeping which was in line with Wikipedia policies or guidelines. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 09:48, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Travis J I Corcoran

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Non-notable author. Fails to meet WP:GNG, WP:BIO, or WP:AUTHOR criteria. Initial PROD removed by article's creator with the rationale: "Subject meets criterion 4(c) of creative professionals given the Prometheus Award nomination and finalist status." However, being a nominee and not a winner of one award is not evidence of significant critical attention. RA 0808 talkcontribs 23:02, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  RA 0808  talkcontribs 23:03, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions.  RA 0808  talkcontribs 23:03, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 10:15, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Hampshire-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 10:15, 7 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete I can't find coverage of Corcoran including his prometheus nomination in Wp:rs but would welcome being proved wrong by someone. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 23:28, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - Not notable. Acnetj (talk) 01:05, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. If the only claim here is the Prometheus Award, it is so narrow ("award for libertarian science fiction novels"!) that even winning it - let alone just being shortlisted - is not sufficient to establish notability. GregorB (talk) 10:57, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - There are other authors with less notability than this one who are listed. Proof of Prometheus nomination is provided on the Prometheus website http://lfs.org/releases/2018PrometheusFinalists.shtml  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.196.69.45 (talk) 14:23, 7 April 2018 (UTC)  — 47.196.69.45 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep - There are many many articles about authors in Wiki that haven’t reached the sales or award nominee status of this one. Opposition seems politically motivated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:151E:80EA:2546:F041:87E7:7A53 (talk) 15:22, 7 April 2018 (UTC)  — 2605:E000:151E:80EA:2546:F041:87E7:7A53 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Please note that accusing other editors of being politically motivated is not in line with WP:NPA. Comment on content, not on contributors. RA 0808  talkcontribs 17:24, 7 April 2018 (UTC); edited 17:30, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Also, WP:OTHER-based arguments should be avoided. GregorB (talk) 12:18, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable author. If he won the award, maybe they would be notable. Not now....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 18:16, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails our standards of notability for writers. For those urging Keep: please read WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS, and do not make gratuitous ad hominem attacks on other editors. -- Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  19:40, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - Corcoran would be the only nominated author WITHOUT an author page. The award is 40 years old and has had numerous notable winners. - Loweeel (talk) 15:32, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable author. Fails GNG, Twitter and Amazon are not wp:rs. Also article is un-encyclopedic. "Born in the Garden State, he lived in Massachussetts but now lives freely in New Hampshire." But then again, maybe I am just a political assassin like the above SP-IP mentioned . . . ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia  ᐐT₳LKᐬ  16:49, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete I am here, however, not here to pile on but simply to thank T.J.I. Corcoran for writing a delightfully creative Wikipedia page, I especially loved the prose in the Biography section. I also wish to give thanks for Morlock Publishing, so many of the authors we see here are self-published and trying to hide it by making up plausible publishing house names like "Ithaca Press." Morlock, by contrast, has such a delightful spoof of a publisher's website that it almost tempts me to order his books from Amazon.com. Cheers, Corcoran (if that is, in fact, your name,) you are a joy read!E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:49, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm a wikipedia editor of long standing, and I know that one does not create or edit pages relevant to one's self. I've neither created not edited the page, not have I voted in the deletion discussion.  Thanks for the ad hominem attacks and baseless (and, in fact, actually incorrect) assumptions. I am, of course, interested in the page and the debate. TJIC (talk) 17:33, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. This article about an author reads less like an encyclopedic entry and more like a social media profile. Would be more fitting of, say, a Userpage on Wikipedia. The single-sentence lead does not mention anything that would make Corcoran notable, instead opting to say that Corcoran is this, that, and owns this type of property; it is a rather bland lead because of this. If Corocoran fits the notability guidelines someday, his article should not read like a hokey fact-sheet about his life/lifestyle, or about how many dogs he has. Mungo Kitsch (talk) 06:47, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Er.... I'm fairly certain that the article is a parody of Wikipedia. Corcoran may be a pseudonym, although his writing career is a case of WP:TOOSOON whether or not it's  pseudonym.  Warning to fellow editors: what you saw here may soon circulate on Reddit.  Because we are, at times,  so pompous that we open ourselves to mockery.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:26, 13 April 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.