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The result was delete. Courcelles 21:00, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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His books and plays are all self-published, no evidence of notability in sources linked to the article. No mention in Google Books except for links to a few of his books - the brief mention of someone with his name in two sources appears to be someone else. Dougweller (talk) 15:24, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm told that is him, but that doesn't seem enough to meet our criteria, which are:

for Scientists, academics, economists, professors, authors, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, engineers, and other creative professionals:

1. The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors.
2. The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique.
3. The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews.
4. The person's work either (a) has become a significant monument, (b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) has won significant critical attention, or (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums.

• Delete; having enough money to pay someone to publish your books is not a notability criterion. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 19:05, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Do Not Delete; The person has created a collective body of work. Some self-published books include Remembrance of things Past, Ulysses, & The Bridges of Madison County; some self-published authors include: Zane Grey, Ezra Pound, Mark Twain, Virginia Wolff, & Edgar Allen Poe. A number of Maybank's works can be found at the Vancouver, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and Toronto Libraries. –Chiscotheque (talk ⋅ contribs) 19:55, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 02:24, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - No coverage in reliable sources to establish notability. Having one's books in a few libraries is not evidence of notability. -- Whpq (talk) 16:30, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Whpq. -- Joaquin008 ^(talk) 10:44, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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