Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anthony Fucilla

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The result was speedily deleted (G7) by DGG. Non-admin closure. Deor (talk) 21:07, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Anthony Fucilla[edit]

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I'm nominating this for deletion because the claim of the books being in libraries is *just* enough to barely and I stress barely survive a speedy nomination. Notability is clearly still in question as far as this author goes and I can't find much of anything that establishes notability. As far as sources go, I couldn't find much- just what looks like local coverage. Not enough to pass notability guidelines in any case. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 09:23, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I originally nominated the page for speedy deletion, as I saw no inherent notability here, and I couldn't find anything to support keeping it here. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 09:41, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I tried to help the article creator build a slightly better article. Had I found any book reviews I would have added them as refs. Sam Sailor (talk) 18:08, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Anthony Fucilla has been recognised by UK critics as one of the most prominent science fiction writers, many of his works being compared to Asimov, Clark and Philip Dick. He has been the top selling author for Arima Publishing for over two years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.21.3.16 (talk • contribs) 09:57, 15 July 2013‎

Moving this here from the talk page of this AfD. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 04:26, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is, you have to prove this with reliable sources. You can claim that people have compared him to those authors, but you'd have to prove that these critics are notable and that they're not repeating something that was told to them by a press release or the like. Also, sales mean nothing when it comes to notability. It makes it more likely that something will gain coverage, but it's not a guarantee. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 04:26, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Why is there an AFD for this article, when the user her/himsel blanked the page and gave up on the article? Prabash.Akmeemana 10:45, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This was started before he blanked the page. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 13:49, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete G7; the author blanked the page. 069952497a (U-T-C-E) 12:51, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:11, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:11, 16 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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