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Proposed deletion of Preston Grassmann[edit]

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The article Preston Grassmann has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable BLP.

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New material has been added. If this isn't sufficient, please let me know how I can improve the page. Extropian73 (talk) 07:05, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The issue here is that the article fails to establish notability. Notability is established through in depth secondary independent sources with proven reliability, and none of the sources on the page come close to matching this (the Tor and isfdb references lack indepth coverage and Titan/RS Publishing are non-independent, being Grassman's publishers). I'd advise looking at pages like Stephen King to see what's expected, especially for BLPs CiphriusKane (talk) 08:21, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Preston Grassmann for deletion[edit]

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©Geni (talk) 10:34, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked for sockpuppetry[edit]

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Girth Summit (blether) 14:32, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]