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The result was delete. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 07:34, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

W. Sumner Davis[edit]

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Fails our notability criteria. Several self-published books through iUniverse (the ones in the article) and Authorhouse (Heretics: The Bloody History of the Christian Church). He also seems to have created this article as an autobiography. Dougweller (talk) 04:42, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails WP:AUTHOR outright. May have written a few books but none have received any form of response from critics, reviewers, etc. A few online blogs have cited his views (mostly as fringe theories from what I can tell) but even they don't go into detail - only passing mentions and only for his books, not the subject. I note, too, that the nominator has assumed good faith and has previously tried to fix potentially surmountable problems by encouraging sourcing, but to no avail. Stalwart111 (talk) 05:06, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. Stakwart111 pretty much says it all so I don't have much to add in way of commenting. LlamaDude78 (talk) 19:18, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:49, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Fails WP:AUTHOR, WP:BK, and WP:BIO. Qworty (talk) 23:26, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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