Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roy Scranton

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 keep. The sources identified in this discussion have not been questioned J04n(talk page) 19:53, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:BLP of a writer who has no strong claim to passing WP:AUTHOR, based entirely on primary sources with no evidence of reliable source coverage shown at all. This is not how a writer gets a Wikipedia article; he gets one when RS coverage demonstrates a proper AUTHOR pass, and does not get an automatic inclusion freebie just because he exists. Delete, without prejudice against recreation in the future if and when actual media coverage starts materializing. Bearcat (talk) 23:31, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as I myself had reviewed this and found nothing convincing, still questionable for overall applicable notability. SwisterTwister talk 02:45, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 02:45, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:11, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:12, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. There's some stuff out there: [1] from Slate (a recommendation from Jeff VanderMeer), [2] from CBC.ca (not sure exactly what this is, but it seems to be part of a broadcast that cites him), [3] from Los Angeles Review of Books, [4] from The Atlantic, [5] from Sierra Nevada College (interview), [6] from WBUR-FM, and [7] from NPR. Some of these are a little weaker than others, but I think there's enough to satisfy WP:BIO. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:35, 5 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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.