Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark I. Sutherland

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 00:51, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mark I. Sutherland

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Sutherland is, to be sure, a published author, but there is no indication that he is notable as an author. All external links in the article are to Sutherland's own writings, not to anything that has been written about him. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 21:04, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I found a bit of independent coverage[1][2] but it's not enough for WP:GNG or WP:AUTHOR. All his books are self-published and he's a very run-of-the-mill journalist/columnist. Not notable. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:36, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 01:12, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 01:12, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete The problem is the sources, as always it's not what a person has done, rather what other people have said about what the person has done. So there is one book review in Harvest. A brief mention in a local SL paper (local papers are given less weight due to being less than neutral markers of notability). And that's about it. Not enough for Wikipedia notability standards. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 05:13, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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