Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Wysong

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was no consensus. Sandstein 19:36, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

James Wysong

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Unsourced, not notable. Mccapra (talk) 00:36, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 01:29, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 01:29, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:GNG, WP:ANYBIO, and WP:AUTHOR. No significant reliable source coverage to meet any standard of notability. PohranicniStraze (talk) 02:57, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Note that USA Today states that he used a pen name. Also, active over a decade ago, ergo, archive searches are essential. E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:28, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for pointing out the pen name, I missed that. That completely changes the search results - striking delete vote above. PohranicniStraze (talk) 02:50, 10 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep WP:HEYMANN] I want first to note that Nom and editor writing above give no indication of being aware that this author used a pen name, although A. Frank Steward is a useful search term, turning up book reviews and articles that do not appear in searches on his actual name. note also that neither editor above gave any indication of having run news archive searches, although it is a truth universally acknowledged that many, perhaps most, authors will be notable only for a few years around the publication of their more popular books. Wysong/Steward published books between 2001 and 2008. Notability is WP:NOTTEMPORARY. Part of what is GREAT - and user friendly - about Wikipedia is that you can look up the popular writers of yore, when you stumble into one. We KEEP writers like Louise Hall Tharp, Elaine Macmann Willoughby, Wilfrid S. Bronson, and Mary Nash (author) - even though nobody reads them anymore. (end of rant) WP:HEY, I have added some material, sources to the page, more reviews exist and can be added, although I believe that I have added enough to show that it should be kept. Quite a few hits where he is quoted as-an-expert on the air travel experience. E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:05, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And, yeah, this probably started as author PROMO, eons ago. Passes WP:AUTHOR because of the many book reviews.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:16, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: To discuss E.M. Gregory's changes and arguments
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 02:46, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep sufficient coverage to say he has received "significant coverage" if you include material under the pen-name. FOARP (talk) 15:25, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 18:50, 21 November 2018 (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.