Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/M. H. Holcroft

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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. I did not realize inclusion in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography was notable. (non-admin closure) Gestrid (talk) 20:32, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

M. H. Holcroft[edit]

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This person does not seem to be particularly notable and does not meet the general notability guideline of significant coverage by reliable sources. Gestrid (talk) 02:12, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

keep the article should explain more of his writing style and the novel. since he had won 2 awards suggest to keep advice the author to improve more Maximpoudje (talk) 02:20, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note to closer: This user's account appears to only be two days old, according to their user contributions. -- Gestrid (talk) 02:30, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:40, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:40, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. People with entries in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography are generally considered notable (with a very small number of exceptions who have articles there as representatives of society; this does not apply in this case).-gadfium 04:38, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Notes: As noted above, DNZB entries are usually considered notable. Although not directly pertinent to this discussion I note that the creator of this article Pohick2 (talk · contribs) was indef blocked for Copyvio. A few months later 7Lawrence (talk · contribs) was created with the apparent express purpose of expanding this article and the creation of the recently deleted (see WP:Articles for deletion/Christopher Holcroft) and then userfied User:7Lawrence/Christopher Holcroft. A cynic might conclude that there is some COI going on here. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 04:53, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, a discussion at WP:COIN#Christopher Holcroft led me to the article which I then AfD-ed. -- Gestrid (talk) 04:58, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, as there's a ton of precedent on DNZB bios. There is community acceptance that a DNZB entry infers notability, with about a dozen exceptions for representative entries (and this isn't one of them). Schwede 66 09:54, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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