Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Gratz

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 no consensus. Mailer Diablo 06:17, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alan Gratz

Article appears to be for a NN author, per guidelines for living people in WP:Bio stating "Published authors, editors, and photographers who have written books with an audience of 5,000 or more or in periodicals with a circulation of 5,000 or more". Author's only book has not yet been published per Amazon.com [1]. As the creator of this article's screenname is AGratz, this might also be self promotion.--Ataricodfish 02:44, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Article reads more like a CV/resumé. Heycos 14:44, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
• weak Delete I'd prefer a wikify Jordanmills 22:15, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep no good reason for deletion given. This is verifiable. For great justice. 00:13, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I agree, but what has been verified is that the author is non-notable according to current Wiki rules at WP:BIO. Page was created six months prior to the release of a book that hasn't been released yet, and as the book has not been published and not a single copy purchased, the book has not sold 5000 copies. If the book is published and sells 5000 copies, then he qualifies for notiable. Until then, he's one of a million new authors. --Ataricodfish 00:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Fishhead64 01:57, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
• Week Keep article states Alan Gratz has had his work on the A&E Network. Article needs better referencing if it is all true. --ElectricEye 15:19, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep He won the Kimberly Colen memorial award, an impressive feat to be sure.--CastAStone|^(talk) 17:00, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. He is listed as a writer for A&E City Confidential on IMDB. I'm adding a reference for the Kimberly Colen memorial award now. I will work on verifying anything contributed (and removing anything non-verifiable) by AGratz to avoid the obvious Wikipedia:Autobiography concerns. • WarpFlyght (talk) 22:36, 19 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.