Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Hunter (novelist)

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The result was delete. Sandstein 10:08, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Hunter (novelist)[edit]

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Contested PROD. Novelist whose assertion to notability is the association with a magazine that existed for three years. The rest of the references are self-published serial novels. Can't find anything else on Google, though the search is cluttered due to similarly-named people. I think this deserves a redirect to the magazine article at best. §FreeRangeFrog 19:49, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:49, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment According to Noggin Magazine, "The magazine and its founder, Tom Hunter, appeared in three profile articles in the Daily Iowan, the Cedar Rapids Gazette and the Iowa City Press-Citizen." I left a request for sources here[1]. His position as founder and editor of Noggin may be notable if the three profile articles can be found. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 19:15, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Only able to verify the existence of one source. I have a copy if anyone wants to verify (thanks Churn and change):

Ann Scholl Boyer. "Tom Hunter Creates Noggin in a Bubble", Cedar Rapids Gazette, March 25, 1992.

The creator of the wiki article says there are more sources but has not provided citations and searches have come up empty of anything in-depth coverage. The Gazette source is in-depth, but not sure a single source is going to be enough. Maybe more sources will show up. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 01:20, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

At the moment I see a slew of newspaper articles by the subject, but nothing about him. --Kinu ^t/_c 06:11, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for failing WP:AUTHOR and WP:BK. Looks like a promotional entry designed to build up a non-notable writer. We should also look into deleting the article about his non-notable, defunct magazine. I still have no idea why people write promotional articles for defunct entities that weren't notable to begin with. Qworty (talk) 23:04, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Barring the presentation of sources about the subject rather than by him (as indicated above), I see no evidence that this author meets WP:GNG or WP:AUTHOR. No prejudice to a separate deletion discussion about the magazine itself. --Kinu ^t/_c 00:32, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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