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The result was delete. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:03, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Karl Marlantes[edit]

Contested prod. Novelist with no assertion of notability, other than the fact he has a book available on Amazon. Delete. Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 03:29, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment He has a lot of awards and honors, I don't know if any of them are considered important enough to satisfy WP:BIO or not, maybe the sum of them are. Also follow this link: http://www.elleonliteraryarts.org/authors.php from the article and there is a whole list of authors and I am betting more or all of them have articles and that some of them may not be notable. Drawn Some (talk) 11:01, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't know. The opening sentence states that he is best known as a writer, but his awards were honors related to his military service. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 23:17, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Generally, only recipients of the highest military award for valour (e.g. Medal of Honor, Victoria Cross) are inherently notable. --Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 03:07, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - It seems like his work has won significant critical attention. It has won acclaim from well known people such as Jon Stallworthy, the editor of The Oxford Book of War Poetry [1] and is now showing up in newspapers such as the Oregonian [2]and the SF gate Rainman321 (talk) 08:36, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:05, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete One published book, in almost no libraries so far. Navy cross is second level, and while it might possibly give an indication of notability, it would need more information. The WP article is a close paraphrase of the bio at ellon Books. The book and author may become notable, but it is not yet. Dunin's review is not a review but an announcement of a reading, and blurbs from other authors are not taken seriously as reliable. If Stallworthy is actually right, there will be sources. No prejudice against recreation when that happens. DGG (talk) 00:16, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:42, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:43, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per DGG. (How often is that said without sarcasm? ;)). لenna vecia 19:20, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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