Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yanichel Castillo


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The result was   Delete. Non-notable possible hoax. Malinaccier (talk) 02:12, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Yanichel Castillo

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Self-published author with no third-party references in the article. Deleted twice before because the whole article was copied from the Jane Yolen article, but since the current version has some other stuff, the author could have just used that as a template (even though the claim that he's a "modern day Aesop" is still cut-and-pasted from the other article). The article claims he's won awards from the national scholastic press association, but their website has no mention of him (even though it lists all the award winners). Similarly, the article claims awards from the Miami Herald, but their online archive has no mention of him, and I can't find any other mentions of him online aside from self-submitted pr sites. Since nothing in the article is verifiable, or is verifiably false, it's better off gone (and even if it was all true, winning prices for student writers is a questionable claim of notability). - Bobet 19:43, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree. Congrats to Bobet for excellent research. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  21:01, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Yanichel Castillo is a credible local author in Miami, Florida. His novel, Sounds, is available for sale online and in bookstores. Google list several PR releases for his novel and The Miami Herald has several published articles on him. The similarity between the Jane Yolen entry and the Yanichel Castillo are not enough to claim that it was copied. The columnist, Ana Mendendez, labeled Yanichel Castillo as the modern day teenage version of Aesop and "the future of American Literature", Mrs. Yolen got a different review from a different source. The information posted can be verified. I agree, there is no verification for the school awards being listed, however, that does not discredit the complete article or qualify for deletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.109.182.68 (talk • contribs)
 * You claim articles about him were published in the Miami Herald, yet Bobet already mention the Herald's online archive doesn't have a single mention of him. Mind explaining that? NeoChaosX (talk, walk) 21:28, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * A link with the author's profile from The Miami Herald was provided, her archives show the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.109.182.68 (talk) 16:38, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Could you please provide a link to the article itself? I searched for 'Yanichel' through their online archive for the past 20 years and didn't get a single result, and there is no link to 'her archives' in the page you've linked to (at least, not on my browser). - Bobet 15:29, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - there are no reliable sources to establish notability -- Whpq (talk) 13:04, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  23:28, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. If there's no sources backing the claims to noatability, there's nothing even to discuss. -- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 15:56, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete hoax that's sourced to non-existent articles and awards. NeoChaosX (talk, walk) 21:21, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not a hoax as the book exists and the subject was editor of his high school newspaper, but there is no sign of the sort of coverage that would be enough for notability, and the book was published by vanity press lulu.com. Phil Bridger (talk) 11:08, 14 June 2008 (UTC)


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