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The result was keep (and nomination was withdrawn as well). ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 03:13, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

T. C. McCarthy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log • Stats)

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This person does not appear to come close to the criteria in the notability guideline at WP:AUTHOR. The only claim of significance is being the winner of a literary award so minor that it is also probably a valid candidate for deletion on notability grounds. VQuakr (talk) 04:31, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I promise I'll get this into the article later, but short on time now; here's a review [1]; it looks like there used to be another one at the August Chronicle ([2], but now removed for some reason (maybe it's a paywall); I'll try to find more later. If I can't, I'd agree it's borderline at best. Qwyrxian (talk) 07:14, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This along with the couple of other article posted to the talk page get it out of deletion territory for me; nom withdrawn. Thanks! VQuakr (talk) 07:17, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: In its current form, this page doesn't qualify to be kept. But there may be outher sources out there; without them, I say 'delete'.Squareanimal (talk) 10:12, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep: McCarthy's books have received a fair amount of attention, in some major venues, such as The Guardian and Wired, and some not-so-major venues, including Strange Horizons, The Augusta Chronicle, and SF Signal. An editor claiming to be Mr. McCarthy himself has promised to provide reliable sources to verify claims in the original article that he is a Fulbright scholar, etc. I don't know that such claims will bolster notability any, but if they are verifiable, they are certainly appropriate for inclusion in the article. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:53, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep:The third party sources listed on the article's talk page are sufficient to meet our notability guidelines. In the next few days, I'll work them into the article. Qwyrxian (talk) 13:25, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 18:07, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science Fiction-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 18:07, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per the above sourcing and WP:WIRED (which I've repeated enough times that I finally decided to make it an essay) Jclemens (talk) 20:47, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment I'm happy to do whatever I can to prove that I'm T.C. McCarthy - just let me know how I can do this, but I'm guessing it really doesn't matter. Also, I posted links to Fulbright documentation at the University of Georgia, third party articles (including both WP:WIRED pieces), academic and literary publications, etc., at the T.C. McCarthy talk page: [3] At this point, unless specifically requested (e.g. for copies of print only articles like the one in Impact Magazine), I think it's appropriate for me to bow out of this discussion.Tburger88 (talk) 10:46, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as subject crosses the verifiability and notability thresholds plus has received significant critical attention thus meeting WP:AUTHOR. - Dravecky (talk) 03:47, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The author has won the COmpton Crook Award, which has been around for thirty years and has a distinguished pedigree. It is not the minor award the initial poster suggested. Shsilver (talk) 18:58, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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