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The result was Delete. -- MelanieN ( talk) 21:09, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
Alex Pheby
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Reason Jayroo1991 ( talk) 14:03, 26 June 2015 (UTC) There appears to be a lack of reliable sources that discuss this person; all the ones here are primary or related sources and the book blog mentioned doesn’t qualify as an independent source. Subject fails WP:AUTHOR. Having Googled the author, it is evident they have not so far received any significant coverage in ‘multiple published[4] secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other,[5] and independent of the subject’ as required. The publishers appear obscure at best. Jayroo1991 ( talk) 14:03, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
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- Delete Perhaps WP:TOOSOON. This person has two books, both from very small presses, very few holdings in libraries, no major reviews (that I can find). However, this could use a Scottish viewpoint, or it least someone searching from within the UK, before a decision is made. LaMona ( talk) 17:19, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
- Can you clarify the Scottish connection with this English novelist?
Mutt Lunker (
talk) 18:34, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
- The most recent book is published by a small Scottish publishing house, Two Ravens Press. Where that places him in terms of English/Scottish authors isn't clear to me, but it seems that if there will be reviews, etc., they may appear in the country of publication as well as the country of the author's origin. LaMona ( talk) 13:43, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
- Can you clarify the Scottish connection with this English novelist?
Mutt Lunker (
talk) 18:34, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
- Delete Second all points above. As someone searching within the UK I can clarify that the publishers are extremely obscure, to put it politely, and I am aware of many other authors who would be more worthy of a page here and aren't. If everyone of this author's status was to be given a stub this would be a cluttered Wikipedia indeed! As a sidenote, I notice that the page compares Pheby to Kafka. I note that the author has not written any other pages than this, but regardless of any suspicions about that, this seems a grandiose claim at best, with only one weak citation to back it up. At the very least this page therefore needs an overhaul; but I gently suggest it may well not be worth it. Cammy2578 — Preceding undated comment added 13:13, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 00:45, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 00:45, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
- delete Coverage by independent sources? It doesn't matter if this is the greatest unread novel since, indeed, Kafka. If it isn't being discussed outside its publisher, we don't cover the works or their author. Andy Dingley ( talk) 01:18, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
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