Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melvin Ezell Gorham

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 delete. east.718 at 00:22, December 27, 2007

Melvin Ezell Gorham[edit]

Not notable subject, an entirely self-published author, no references outside of two Usenet posts and none exist, much of article is original research and speculation about the author's motivations and possibly a hit piece. Delete. KleenupKrew (talk) 23:54, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletions. —User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 16:24, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Does not meet notability guidelines. These are the two criteria I look for regarding authors:

The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors.
The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, which has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews.

It is clear this article's subject meets neither of these. References in article reveal a couple email conversations - nothing more. A Google search shows that his books are sold from several venues, but this in itself does not show Wiki notability. Tanthalas39 (talk) 22:49, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.