Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Hornor Jacobs

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was speedy keep. Closed as Speedy Keep as the nominator and only delete !voter have withdrawn/struck their nomination/!vote. (non-admin closure) Hugsyrup (talk) 16:18, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

John Hornor Jacobs[edit]

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Put simply, this author does not seem to meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. While his works appear to be well reviewed, from what I have seen, none of his works appear to have ever actually made it to any bestseller's list. Similarly, only one of his ten published works actually appears to have been nominated for an award, which it did not win. Posing this to AfD since there is a June 2015 tag questioning the notability of this author, so I know I am not alone. Firstclass306 (talk) 17:35, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Firstclass306 (talk) 17:35, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:08, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arkansas-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:08, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ User:Firstclass306 should take a look at WP:AUTHOR, which does not require awards or bestseller status. That said, we do require sources. I took a swing at sourcing this, adding reviews of two of his books. It was all I cold find and it's not enough. That said, if anyone manages to source it, feel free to ping me. I am always willing to revisit when sources are found.E.M.Gregory (talk) 01:25, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, i see that nominator states that books are well reviewed, and E.M.Gregory above has added some reviews in the article, now if only one of his books had enough reviews (two or more) to meet WP:NBOOK (no a book does not have to be a bestseller as well) than there would be a potential redirect target ..... wait, heres one: The Twelve-Fingered Boy. Coolabahapple (talk) 17:27, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

but what would happen if there was a 2nd notable book, which one would be chosen for the target? but that is a moot point as there is only one book article....isn't there? ummmmm, The Shibboleth. Coolabahapple (talk) 17:38, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Kudos to Coolabahapple. With one clearly notable book, and other books that have garnered respectful attention of reviewers, we can keep this page.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:02, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

thanks E.M.Gregory, oh, and heres a 3rd, The Incorruptibles ("oh really coola, behave!"), will stop now as snoozles are needed:)). Coolabahapple (talk) 18:14, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SNOW User:Firstclass306, man, you and I both missed a lot of sources. You might want to withdraw this,cause the snow is really piling up and there no way this one's gonna get deleted. Cheers.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:19, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I have no idea how to formally withdraw a deletion, so please consider this message to be my withdrawal. To all of you who participated in this discussion, E.M.Gregory, Coolabahapple, I apologize. I noticed there seemed to be a back and forth in the page's history on whether the subject was notable, so I did some basic research and did not really find anything, so I just assumed. I would like to apologize for wasting everyone's time. I would also like to thank all of you for baking me a delicious humble pie. I have learned a valuable lesson today, cheers. Firstclass306 (talk) 18:27, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The subject passes WP:GNG The article should be developed. Lightburst (talk) 01:36, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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