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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 14:12, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Gainer[edit]

Bill Gainer (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Vanity article created by the subject and edited by sock or meat puppets. To wit, one anonymous editor claims the article was created by editors of "Crow Publications". But Crow Publications is registered to Grainer. Claimed publications aren't from notable publishers. Most sources are self-published by the subject of the article, and the remaining sources indicate only local notability (if any). This is a classic case of using Wikipedia for self-promotion. As always, "notability first, and then an article." Rklawton (talk) 04:46, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Very weak keep. Some claim to notability through the awards won, but would need to be substantially rewritten to become encyclopedic and remove the COI issues. McWomble (talk) 05:28, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I'm just not seeing the information necessary to pass WP:BIO. My google search failed to bring up the necessary non-trivial references. Honestly, the article reads like a vanity page. Trusilver 07:56, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete- non-notable, vanity article. Graham Colm ^Talk 14:49, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, does not meet wp:creative --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 14:53, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 04:42, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - the awards are unconvincing. For example, poet of the month isn't a substantial award. Without other coverage in reliable soruces, tis doesn't clear the bar for notability. -- Whpq (talk) 19:30, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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