Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William W. Johnstone

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The result was procedural close per WP:EVADE: nominator blocked for sockpuppetry. Anyone who feels strongly enough about it can re-nominate. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 00:47, 10 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

William W. Johnstone[edit]

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Procedural nomination on behalf of 73.55.210.84 (talk · contribs). Their PROD concern (before it was contested) was as follows: Subject is a non-notable deceased individual. Page appears to be Wikipedia:Fancruft with no sourcing to notability. Page has remained disputed since 2013. Was contested here by Biwom with the following rationale: unPRODing "the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of over 300 books" with "245,357 library holdings".

Please note this is a procedural nom only; I have no opinion one way or the other. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 20:11, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note complete lack of sourcing for article - only sources are author's website, author's niece's / ghostwriter's website after his death, and a pay-to-enter "who's who" website entry for the author's niece. Author is simply not notable enough to have been covered by ANY reliable source, as shown by PROD-remover's inability to source their claim. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.55.210.84 (talk) 20:14, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:37, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:37, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:38, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:38, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. A book published by his nephew (under his name) garnered some attention from (presumably) reliable sources here and here, but nothing that would justify keeping the page. Etzedek24 ^{(I'll talk at ya) (Check my track record)} 23:45, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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