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The result was delete. ✗ plicit 14:49, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Ray Riling
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I am not finding any sources that give us indepth coverage of Ray Riling. The linked source is about his wife, and my searches at best find passing mention of him as someone who studied guns, but one sentence mentions at best. More often they are mentions of works published by Ray Riling Arms Books. I do not think we have enough to show he meets Academic notability 1 as a scholar who had a significant impact on his field, I found no reviews of his works, so I do not think he would pass author notability, and we clearly lack sourcing to pass GNG. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 13:39, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and Pennsylvania. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 19:27, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Previously nominated via WP:PROD, ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗ plicit 14:37, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- Delete. No reliable sources to prove notability. Searching on the subject's name merely brings up his gun book, but even that book doesn't appear to meet notability standards.-- SouthernNights ( talk) 13:44, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗ plicit 14:43, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
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