Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donald Black (author)

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The result was delete. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:29, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Donald Black (author)

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Previously PROD deleted, but recently undeleted via REFUND. Same reason as in the PROD. No significant coverage in independent reliable sources. The-Pope (talk) 02:28, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. It'd be lovely if we could keep every struggling author, but Black simply doesn't pass notability guidelines per WP:AUTHOR. One of his writings did get made into a play, but I can't find anything to suggest that the play itself became notable or even went beyond its initial showing. There's just no information out there that would be considered reliable, unless I missed something.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 03:27, 17 December 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79[reply]
Delete without prejudice, per ~~WP:NOTYET~~WP:TOOSOON, and with a gentle reminder that Wikipedia is not for the "up-and-coming", but for those already notable. --Orange Mike | Talk 03:53, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete, although like the others above I agree that he could become notable enough eventually. Just not yet. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:35, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless reliable sources are added. I'm a bit confused by the WP:TOOSOON comments. He's 77 years old and his last book was published 16 years ago. Anything's possible, but if there's not substantial coverage by now it's unlikely there will be more later. Pburka (talk) 02:18, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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