Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Fergus McGhee V

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result of the debate was merge and redirect to Beyond the Mist. – Sceptre ^(Talk) 10:31, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Robert Fergus McGhee V

This article seems to be about me, and, although it is accurate, I'd rather not have an article entry on Wikipedia, so I have asked for it to be deleted. Thank you. Rfmcghee 11:47, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Not a lot there, and you might just as well throw Beyond the Mist onto the fire, as it's the vanity-press-published novel by the subject. --Calton | Talk 12:11, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Actually, although Beyond the Mist began as a self-published novel, it is now published by a traditional publishing house in Iceland with a sizeable printrun. Its article does not deserve to be deleted. Rfmcghee

You'll need to provide some verification of that claim of professional publication. Besides, novels aren't more famous than their authors: if your biographical article goes, then the book article goes, too. --Calton | Talk 02:48, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

• Merge & redirect to Beyond the Mist. People don't necessarily have a choice about whether they are listed on wikipedia or not. However, it'll help both articles here if they are merged into one article focusing on the book, and mentioning Mr. McGhee's lineage only as a footnote. It'd also be best to preserve the article history in the redirect, as who ever goes around creating these articles about British nobels might care about the article history for some reason. JeffBurdges 17:03, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  • That would be a backward merge: novels aren't more famous than their authors, so any possible merge would be in the other direction. But given it's a vanity-press book, how to merge is moot: both should be deleted. --Calton | Talk 02:48, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

• Merge & redirect to Beyond the Mist. Jeff Burdges' solution seems best. I was not aware that I had to provide PROOF of professional publication! After all, I didn't even make either of the articles! But I can assure you that a deal has been secured with a professional publishing house: perhaps its page could be updated to show the history of the book and its publication. I do not wish this to descend into any sort of arguing, because I refuse to take part in any arguments. I simply requested for my biographical page to be deleted, and this is my last word on the matter. Whatever happens, I'd just prefer if the biographical article were deleted. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rfmcghee (talk • contribs) 10:35, 5 April 2006.

• I was not aware that I had to provide PROOF of professional publication! Of course you do. If you have any doubts, see WP:Verify, WP:BIO, and WP:CITE. "Because I said so" isn't a standard we follow around here.
• As for whether to delete the pages, it's not your perogative: Wikipedia has standards, and, frankly, both articles don't meet them: Beyond the Mist isn't even close. --Calton | Talk 05:13, 6 April 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.