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Oklahoma

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M. R. Mathias (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Poorly sourced. Fails WP:BEFORE search. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 21:47, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Bands and musicians, and Science fiction and fantasy. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 21:47, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Oklahoma-related deletion discussions. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 22:04, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete I found coverage of him in one independent source, a Publishers Weekly article.[1] It looks like all of his books are self-published. I didn't find any other significant coverage of him or his books. Doesn't meet WP:NAUTHOR or WP:GNG. Schazjmd (talk) 22:07, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak keep The CNN source used in the article is a RS, and the Publisher's Weekly cited above seems ok; two sources about an author, that's more than what we see in some articles about authors here. Oaktree b (talk) 23:53, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The CNN ref is an iReport, user-generated content ("citizen journalism"). Schazjmd (talk) 00:00, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • probably delete (weak delete) I didn't really conduct that much research, though it doesn't seem like he's that notable. not significant coverage by major outlets, review websites. has zero books that are so ubiquit that they show up everywhere, including LibraryHub's bookmarks, kirkus, publishers weekly, end of the year lists. no major literary awards according to isfdb and sfadb. even nominations. best he has is nominations for locus, which isn't good enough to keep unless he wins one. royal not listed as a 2011 nominee for locus award for scifi, fantasy, ya, first, or any category here https://www.sfadb.com/Locus_Awards_2011 Create a template (talk) 01:27, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • (unsigned misplaced comment) I can confirm that all of his novels were self-published. The publishing company is Mathias Publishing. He owns this company as a fictitious business name. The business is not registered in his home state of Oklahoma. I am in favor of deleting the article as it does not meet the requirements for ‘notable’. I apologize if I’m not using proper editor quotes and references. I contributed to this article 8 years ago correcting misinformation and guesswork. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Biouxtai (talkcontribs) 02:17, 9 November 2024 (UTC) moved into place by 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 08:22, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The book was not nominated, that source was one individual persons votes. Not the nominations list. duffbeerforme (talk) 04:11, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    [2] Actual voting form that allowed write-in votes. duffbeerforme (talk) 00:00, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. I really feel bad for arguing for a delete since the guy has gone through so much and come out the other side, but he just doesn't pass notability guidelines at this point in time. When I looked back around 2020-ish, I couldn't find anything and didn't find anything now either. The CNN source is from iCNN, which allows users to submit articles. If the article gains enough attention CNN might pick it up (in which case it would become usable as a source) but that wasn't the case here. I wasn't certain about the Locus Poll Award, but as Duffbeerforme stated, this seems to be a Locus Award where voters can submit their own write-in candidates. This is different from the other Locus Awards, where the list is chosen from books the publication has reviewed and is far more selective. Now if they'd won the award that would certainly be something to contribute to notability, but that wasn't the case here either.
I really hope that the guy is doing well and continues to do well, because overcoming the stuff he's been through is frankly amazing. It's just unfortunate that he never gained coverage in places Wikipedia would see as reliable and counting towards notability. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (。◕‿◕。) 19:17, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oklahoma Proposed deletions

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Current (use {{prodded}})