Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brandon Collier

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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 was Delete --JForget 01:13, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Brandon Collier

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Non-notable author. What appears to be his only published novel was released through PublishAmerica, which is somewhat notorious for being a vanity press. The article says that his book "The Night Sparkles" has a "consensus" that it should be made into a film, but it doesn't say who formed this consensus, and the fact that it's still in "development" would indicate that it's not yet complete. However, it would seem to be a claim of notability, so no speedy. Despite this, there is no indication that he, or any of his books, are notable. Lankiveil (speak to me) 07:54, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Ugh, blatant vanity/spam, delete - and WP:SNOW it once a few more votes pile up. <eleland/talkedits> 08:06, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete I can't find any credits on IMDB[1] or Baseline [2] for anyone with this name. No news hits from reputable sources. At best it's WP:OR and at its worst it's vanity.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 08:31, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:BIO. One of his books is not even among the top 2 million sellers at Amazon.com and has no published reviews that I can find. The other one is not even for sale at Amazon.com. No clear claim to notability. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 08:36, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete Quote: "He is best known for his novel, Body Traffic, which received numerous accolades in the literature world". What are these accolates and where are the citations? This is an author we could well see more of in the future but right now there is no real indication of notability, still less any reliable third party sources - instead there's exaggerated claims and unverified speculation. Ros0709 (talk) 11:07, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete Somehow I'd think a book that got so many accolades would get more than 78 Yahoo hits and 124 Google hits. More importantly, a search for "Body Traffic" at the New York Times archive reveals only four hits--and not one of them talks about this particular book. Blueboy96 15:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. —Pixelface (talk) 16:30, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete per the above lack of evidence of notability. If sources are found to back up the assertions, which don't appear anywhere, then it can be re-created. TRAVELLINGCARIMy storyTell me yours 16:48, 9 March 2008 (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.