Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul D. Marks

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The result was delete. JForget 02:37, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Paul D. Marks

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Delete There is no evidence of notability. No sources cited in article, and no independent sources found by searching. Even by the unsourced claims in the article the subject does not meet WP:AUTHOR. I prodded the article, and the author (SpaceOdyssey) contested the prod. SpaceOdyssey also did me the courtesy of informing me of the contesting, and very helpfully posted on my talk page a list of 15 references. I have checked all 15 of these, and have found the following: Listings of books, many of them on sites selling the books, and some of them giving no more than the title of a book and its author's name, others giving very little more. A "reader nomination" for a competition. A file containing several stories, one of them by Marks. A page reviewing numerous books, one of which is a collection of stories, including one by Marks; in this review there is a two sentence mention of Marks's story. Another review which contains a one sentence mention of stories by several writers, including Marks. A page which lists books by Darrell James: one of the books also contains stories by other writers, including Marks; Marks's name is included in a list of contributions, and that is the only reference to him. Unfortunately, none of these comes anywhere near being significant coverage in independent sources. JamesBWatson (talk) 11:16, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:00, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no claim to notability, no sources for verification. He hasn't had a collection of his short stories published yet. --Bejnar (talk) 19:18, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I'm not sure the anthologies are sufficiently important to make the writer notable. Bearian (talk) 04:26, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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