Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kylie Chan

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 02:08, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Kylie Chan[edit]

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Questionably notable and improvable as the best my searches found was this, this and this. It's also worth noting this has stayed basically the same since starting in August 2007. Pinging past user Govindaharihari and also users interested with this subject Tokyogirl79, LaMona and DGG. SwisterTwister talk 21:25, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 21:27, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 21:27, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I got exactly zero in Booklist, Kirkus, and one PW review. Some of her books are self-published, but others come out of the SciFi branch of Harper's. There is the one interview in Sydney Herald. However, that's not enough for notability. LaMona (talk) 21:56, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep. Multiple novels published by Harpers, each found in two or three hundred libraries is probably just over the borderline for inclusion. There might be reviews in other sources. DGG ( talk ) 00:08, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I'm finding some brief mentions of her in academic journals as an example of Australian writers, but so far it's slow going. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 04:44, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This should be usable enough as a review, since the site does have an editorial staff and the review was written by one of their staff members. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 04:49, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I also found mention of her placing on a bestseller list, but I cannot tell so far whether this is a major list or not. It's run in the Newcastle Herald and the article for this paper calls it a tabloid, so I don't really know that this would qualify as one of the bestseller lists that would show notability or not. However I will say that she shows up on the list's national ranking, so there's that going for her. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 04:56, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
She's also hit the list repeatedly, on 4 June 2011, May 11, 2013, and so on. In any case, I have found where she placed on a bestseller list published through the Sunday Telegraph on 12 May 2013, which matches up with the one via the Newcastle Herald. That gives more authority to the NH list. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:01, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I found a review here. It looks like it should be usable since the site has a staff, the article was written by a staff member, and the author was up for a Ditmar Award for her work with the zine. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:22, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I found just enough out there to where I think she'd pass notability guidelines for the most part. There are also things like this article, which while brief, gives off the impression that she's a fairly big author in Australia. To a lesser degree there's stuff like this article at Teen Ink, which I didn't include since I'm not as familiar with this site. I used to use the reviews there, but I'm unsure as to how usable they are now. In any case, we have two newspaper articles and four reviews, which should be enough. In all fairness, these were sort of difficult to find so I can see where her notability might have been in doubt. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:33, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Some of the better sources I found about her are:

Clark, Blanche (16 January 2010), "Chan martials magic art", Herald-Sun

Green, Sue (10 September 2006), "World of her own", South China Morning Post

Nahrung, Jason (28 April 2007), "Walking among the gods", The Courier-Mail

Those with access can get more from AustLit eg. Enough for GNG. duffbeerforme (talk) 10:22, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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