Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Carroll (author)

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The result was Nomination Withdrawn. (non-admin closure) MrKIA11 (talk) 00:00, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Carroll (author)[edit]

I hope I am wrong, but I fear that 2 SPA's working togeather have created this WP:RESUME of a prolific, yet non-Notable author. No award or honor's I can find, nor do I see his books becomming part of the enduring historical record. Even the Pic has problematic issues (but bots will eventually sort that out). Exit2DOS2000^•T•C• 11:23, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 17:24, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep the most important publications seem the be the "Quantum fantasy" series, published buy the mainstream Harper Children's--individual titles seem to be held in over 400 libraries each, according to WorldCat. The rest of the work seems inconsequential. Reviews need to be looked for though, and will probably be found, for libraries buy children's books on that basis. DGG (talk) 23:03, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment. Here's one review. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:08, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:08, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I have the flu so my brain is rather scrambled, but I have found some sources. Article on him from the Sunday Mirror (also says his debut novel as Jaye Carroll was a bestseller). Reviews of The Quantum Prophecy aka The Awakening: School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Kliatt. Reviews of Sakkara aka The Gathering: School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews. Also, The Quantum Prophecy was shortlisted for the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize ([1], [2]) and Sakkara was selected by the SLA and the UK government for the "Boys Into Books" initiative ([3], [4]). The article has problems but those can be fixed. -- KittyRainbow (talk) 16:19, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

These seem acceptable ... Nomination Withdrawn ... although I would like to see them in the Article after its conversion from a WP:RESUME. Exit2DOS2000^•T•C• 23:42, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Even with a scrambled brain Kitty has managed to show pretty clear notability. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:13, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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