Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Karl Thomas


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 01:49, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

William Karl Thomas

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Fails WP:BIO; no coverage in reliable sources. Fails WP:AUTHOR. Magnolia677 (talk) 20:03, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
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 * Did a little searching. I started by searching the first book listed, "Lenny Bruce: The Making of a Prophet" Thomas's role as a comedy writer is discussed in this Dissertation (Laughter in revolt: Race, ethnicity, and identity in the construction of stand-up comedy Daube, Matthew. Stanford University, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2010. 3395868. Did not read to see how thoroughly it is discussed) His collaboration with Bruce is described in the book review that ran in in The Guardian - I just added it to the article.  And this book Thomas' memoir of that collaboration, is cited and more than cites in quite a lot of books about Bruce and about that era in comedy.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:38, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:17, 5 August 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 12:47, 12 August 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 21:29, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what to make of this. He looks like he should be notable, but at present this is a barely-cited fan bio. Delete without prejudice, 'cos even if this were kept it'd be WP:TNT material - David Gerard (talk) 11:39, 27 August 2016 (UTC)


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