Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derek Hansen

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The result was keep. Black Kite (talk) 12:41, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Derek Hansen[edit]

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Non notable book author, only primary sources, stores, and unreliable ones available. 💵Money💵emoji💵^Talk 22:19, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:24, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:24, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ - no evidence of significant (or really any) coverage in reliable secondary sources. -- Euryalus (talk) 08:55, 22 March 2018 (UTC) Weak keep in its reworked form, with thanks to E.M.Gregory for the additional sourcing, and DGG for removing some of the fluff. -- Euryalus (talk) 03:09, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, actually getting your book published is a tremendous achievement, but I'm not seeing the sort of coverage in reliable secondary sources that we need in order to write a fair and impartial article. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 09:54, 25 March 2018 (UTC).[reply]
Keep passes WP:AUTHOR with WP:SIGCOV in all of the major newspapers in New Zealand: profiles, book reviews,interviews, career retrospectives. Also some coverage in other countries. Many years and many books, some more popular than others. Searches may have been hampered by the usual factors: he started publishing years ago, so a good news archive produces more accurate results & there are other Dereks Hansen, so keywords help.E.M.Gregory (talk) 01:46, 28 March 2018 (UTC) WP:HEY, I added a handful of the many reviews in major newspapers, movie deal for Sole Survivor- I have no idea if the movie was made, and a profile. Lots more coverage could be added.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:52, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, movie wasn't finished. Man alone on an island surrounded by water, Cast Away came out then so Sole Survivor did't make it, too similar in a way. duffbeerforme (talk) 03:44, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. A number of significant books, one a best-seller. I rempoved some typical promotionalism. DGG ( talk ) 05:23, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. this is what Austlit has for just one of his books. There is much more than enough out there. duffbeerforme (talk) 03:03, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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