Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HMS Press (2nd nomination)

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The result of the debate was delete. — Feb. 28, '06 [11:20] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

[edit] HMS Press

Tagged as a speedy because of a previous AFD. However this version is significantly different, it is written in neutral form, is far more legible, and it's not a first person essay for instance. It looks completely different from the version deleted. Unsure about notability here however, so I have brought it to AFD. No vote. Sjakkalle (Check!) 11:37, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

• And the reason HMS Press can't put a list of its titles on its own web site is...? WP:Not a web host. Delete Thatcher131 12:57, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Thatcher131 and previous nom. Ardenn 16:53, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
• NO DELETE WayneRay 23:48, 22 February 2006 (UTC)WayneRay I had spent a considerable amount of time adding and updating the Canadian Poets and Publishers within Wikipedia. I have been busy at work for the past two months and haven't logged on to check on things. One of my authors, who has a wiki page Navtej Bharati, said both his page and mine were up for deletion?? I looked on my publisher page HMS Press and it was only updated until 1995. Mr. Bharati (who incidently is one of London Ontario's largest book publishers) book came out in 2002 so therefore was not in my authors list. I had re-written HMS Press in accordance to one of Wiki's editors and the new layout was accepted in 2005, NOW you say it is up for deletion. You guys dont like Canadians?? I don't understand the logic. I can update the information and add the next 50 books I did and his name will be on the list for verification. Please explain. I have been publishing Canadian and American poets since 1982 and have about 150 publications. ???
  • WayneRay 00:16, 23 February 2006 (UTC)WayneRay I have just this weekend placed over 125 HMS Press titles in PDF format and placed them on my website for reading by anyone. As I said above, the revised article was already ok'd in its revised form. I havent had time to update the lists but I have 200 or more titles since 1982. [1] Why so much criticism of American living and writing and publishing in Canada??
• Delete unless cleaned up. It's nothing more than a list of their books at the moment. I would be willing to revisit my vote if some verifiable evidence of notability was added and the book lists removed. The information there belongs on the company's own website, not Wikipedia. Stifle 15:37, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
• Any publishing house that's put out works by Robert Priest and Milton Acorn is an unquestionable keep. Especially when its Acorn title is The Whiskey Jack. This does need some cleanup, but it's not deletion material. Bearcat 08:27, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep. I am really on the fence; I see Thatcher131's point about an encyclopedia not being a host for web pages but this doesn't really read like an ad to me. It is also notable and verifiable. Ifnord 02:05, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.