Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Corbin (author)


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The result was keep. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:23, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

William Corbin (author)

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Fails WP:AUTHOR. Lettlerhello • contribs 02:58, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete He's been dead for 20 years and I've not heard of any of his books. Seems to be a run-of-the-mill children's author. Oaktree b (talk) 03:35, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep for passing WP:AUTHOR with flying colors. The specific criteria is "The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of an independent and notable work (for example, a book, film, or television series, but usually not a single episode of a television series) or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews". A movie (by Disney and starring Ron Howard) based on one of his books and a television series too shows that Corbin is anything but run-of-the mill. --DiamondRemley39 (talk) 11:47, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. Clear pass of the criterion for an author; in addition to the film and television series, there are multiple reviews cited for his novels in the article. It also mentions that his books won unspecified awards. The first source is an extensive encyclopedia article that could easily be used to improve the article greatly. Espresso Addict (talk) 14:26, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep - There is ample wide coverage of the subject's books, most of which have been reviewed by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. At least two of his books were released by Simon & Schuster, one of the top 5 traditional publishing houses in the U.S. This article more than meets WP:GNG and easily passes WP:AUTHOR. -AuthorAuthor (talk) 05:13, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per and . One of his novels, Smoke, became a classic 1970 TV movie with a major star. According to WorldCat, Smoke is in 267 libraries; Deadline is in 21, A Dog Worth Stealing is in 129, and The day Willie wasn't is in 45. The pup with the up-and-down tail was featured in Weekly Reader, which means millions of kids read it, and it remains in 100 libraries. As a teacher who has taught or subbed in every grade from Kindergarten to college, I see lots of books and forget who wrote what, but I am always learning. Bearian (talk) 21:22, 2 December 2020 (UTC)


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