Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Renaldo Fischer

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The result was delete, no prejudice against recreation if reliable sources have been found.--Ymblanter (talk) 05:54, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Renaldo Fischer

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I'd previously speedied this under A7 after DGG tagged it, but the original editor requested that it receive more discussion. While I think this has a snowball's chance in hell of surviving AfD, I recreated it. In any case, the problem here is that this author has received no coverage in reliable sources. He existed and his books exist, but they've received no actual coverage from what I can find. It's been asserted that importance has been asserted because his books were previously published through some non-self-published sources in the past, but I can't see where those publishings have received any coverage either. To be honest, getting published through a non-SP publisher is something that has been greatly, GREATLY depreciated over the years as far as notability goes in general, let alone for speedies. Of the sources on the article, all are primary in one form or another, one being an obituary and the others being Google Book entries. There just isn't a thing out there that shows that this guy was notable enough to merit an entry right now, if ever. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 14:51, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I had not noticed that Shaman Bulldog was also published by Warner Books, which is a regular publisher of fiction. (Authorship of regularly published books in my opinion defeats an a7, & I would have sent it here.) Even that one book is in only 100 libraries. DGG ( talk ) 15:39, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Shaman Bulldog was also published in Japan (search in Google シャーマン・ブルドッグ ), in Australia by Pan Macmillan ([1]), and in Italy in several editions by Corbaccio ([2] [3]). --Spinoziano (talk) 16:12, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arizona-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:45, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Author who published books with important publishers (e.g. Warner Books), and one of them in other countries (at least 3, as stated). This means his works are not only local, but also known in other parts of the world. For a writer this is not a little deal. Superchilum^{(talk to me!)} 08:02, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Simply publishing is not enough for notability, regardless of who publishes them or where they are published. While it might not be a small thing for a writer, it isn't enough for notability purposes on Wikipedia. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:03, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, L Faraone 02:26, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete -- doesn't appear to meet WP:AUTHOR or WP:ACADEMIC criteria. Lesion (talk) 11:35, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.