Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alyse Squillace
- 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 snow close/speedy delete as hoax. The complete and total lack of sources for this author make it clear that this is a hoax. While it's possible that the coverage never made it onto the Internet because her works pre-dated it, it's unlikely that someone nominated for a notable award would lack even an entry on the basic book databases. Since this has been around since 2007, I'll move it to the Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia database for the record. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:36, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
- Alyse Squillace (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)
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- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:52, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
does not appear to meet WP:GNG or WP:NRV Coolabahapple (talk) 06:23, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
- Comment - Yes, this one seems to be of local, not global, interest by WP:GNG and WP:NRV (Jedi attempt to subtly massage the terms of notability in the long term. Not just now. Shhh). HullIntegrity\ talk / 14:20, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
- I am looking as well. HullIntegrity\ talk /
- Comment @Coolabahapple: I am pulling literally nothing on academic databases. This one is screaming non-notable methinks. And I am for keeping anything with a secondary source. HullIntegrity\ talk / 15:45, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
- Hmmm. I am getting that hoax feeling. Interesting. HullIntegrity\ talk / 15:55, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
- Further info that will help in debate? Have searched www.AbeBooks.com, which is used by thousands of bookdealers worldwide selling millions of books, for her name and titles mentioned in the wikiarticle. None of her titles are listed for sale. Have been unable to find any relevant info about her on google (a lot of sites base their info on the wikiarticle:)), or on Trove, which accesses multiple Australian library collections.[1] There are no Kirkus Reviews on her.[2] WorldCat has nothing on her.[3]Coolabahapple (talk) 14:52, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
- Speedy delete - As a hoax. I can't find any mention of Alyse Squillace or any of her supposed books anywhere (including Worldcat). The creator states that her book won the Golden Kite Award in 1996, but her supposed book did not win the award.[4] The second reference the page creator inserted also does not mention Squillace, and the first link is broken. Fearstreetsaga (talk) 22:21, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
- Speedy Delete I do not like speedy delete in general. But this one looks totally odd. HullIntegrity\ talk / 22:35, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
References
- ^ "Alyse Squillace (Search)". trove.nla.gov.au. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "Search Results: "Alyse Squillace"". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "Alyse Squillace". www.worldcat.org. Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "Golden Kites Fly High". Publishers Weekly. 243 (13): 45. May 20, 1996 – via ProQuest.
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