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The result was delete. Black Kite (talk) 16:13, 13 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Richard Curtis (literary agent)

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Does not satisfy notability under WP:ANYBIO or WP:GNG. The page is based on trivial coverages, press releases and primary sources. Graywalls ( talk) 17:41, 3 May 2020 (UTC) Graywalls ( talk) 17:41, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Graywalls ( talk) 17:41, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply
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  • Comment - Sloppily written--has the novelization of Halloween as published in 1972... Caro7200 ( talk) 17:57, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply
    • comment clarify please. What do you mean? I am not seeing how that book satisfies WP:NAUTHOR Graywalls ( talk) 02:36, 4 May 2020 (UTC) reply
It doesn't. I meant only that the article contains inaccurate information. If I were "voting," it would be a weak delete. Caro7200 ( talk) 12:49, 4 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ Caro7200:, ok thank you for your clarification. If you have a position, please consider placing your vote. Graywalls ( talk) 10:48, 7 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple ( talk) 14:49, 9 May 2020 (UTC) reply
reply Reading through some of the sources, it doesn't seem convincing to me that he's accepted as being significant and influential with the way some of the source writes, for example "IN a book to be published this month by Houghton Mifflin, the literary agent Richard Curtis charges that publishers have always cheated authors, that some publishers are still cheating authors " If NY Times posited in their own word that he's been influential or significant, that's something else. By the way, should we use NAUTHOR, or should we use guidelines that would normally be applied to general business person because the purported notability is for "literary agent" ? Graywalls ( talk) 05:07, 10 May 2020 (UTC) reply
  • I agree he doesn't technically qualify for NAUTHOR. However he has stronger sourcing for inclusion than some authors. But yet perhaps not enough for ANYBIO/GNG. For me it's a close call, however I end up as delete given what I think is borderline GNG combined with an article that is heavily promotional. Best, Barkeep49 ( talk) 01:32, 13 May 2020 (UTC) reply
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