Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Thomas Quick (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. Tawker (talk) 21:44, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

William Thomas Quick[edit]

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Cannot find reliable sources to build an article. Has written a number of books, but they do not appear to have received much in the way of attention. Thargor Orlando (talk) 19:06, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 19:25, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:58, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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KEEP: Quick is pretty well known as a science fiction writer. I've just added a cite to his entry at the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, which is good evidence for his notability. Quick's 2014 novel Lightning Fall was featured in a USA Today column: New novel spotlights the weakness of our country in the face of crisis by Glenn Reynolds, and appears to be selling well.

The article could certainly use more 3rd party sources, but he's well enough known that it really shouldn't be deleted. --Pete Tillman (talk) 04:17, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here are more 3rd-party sources for the article:

Review of Lightning Fall by Dale Franks: [1]
Article on Quick & Lightning Fall at TheBlaze: [2]

Also have a look at Google search for "Bill Quick" libertarian [3]

I'll work up a sentence or two for his new book, unless someone else does first. Probably after April 15 ;-[ --Pete Tillman (talk) 04:41, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. His first half-dozen or so novels were reviewed regularly in outlets like Analog and Locus (see his ISFDB pages (start here [4] then go to novel pages for review listings) and his first novel actually showed up in the Locus first novel poll (at a level that suggests above-average reception, but no great distinction).[5] Interest in his work seems to have dropped off since he turned from cyberpunk to potboilers, ghost-writing, and right-wing politics, but notability is established by his earlier work (and a recent USA today piece, shallow as it may be, doesn't exactly hurt). Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 21:07, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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