Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Twining

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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The result of the debate was nomination withdrawn with consensus of keep. TheProject 21:51, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] James Twining

  • Withdraw Afd nom as per discussion below.

Vanity from editor whose only activity has been linkspamming article after article (Sixteen on a quick count).

  • Keep, Confess to being a big fan of Twining's books (hence username!) but intention here was to get the entry going and to be balanced. Would ask for help in cleanup rather than deletion, given that Double Eagle was one of best selling books of 2005 in UK.kirkt 09:00, 6 May 2006
Now cleaned up as requested. Concensus seems to be adequately notable despite this being a vanity article from an editor whom we hope will contribute more widely to Wikipedia. Withdrawing AfD nomination. Dlyons493 Talk 08:57, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Agreed, hope to see this expanded. Deizio talk 09:21, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as per my nom. Dlyons493 Talk 20:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, seemingly notable author of popular books [1], despite WP:VAIN concerns. Strong whiff of autobiography (main contributor has been Kirkt (talk ยท contribs), protagonist of books appears to be one "Tom Kirk") but not as bad as some. Needs cleanup instead, and possible listing on Notable Wikipedians. Deizio talk 21:31, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
He may be adequately notable - I'm not really sure, which is why I brought it to AfD. "The Double Eagle" gets about 300 Ghits and has Amazon.com Sales Rank: #151,831 in Books, Yesterday: #317,015 in Books. Not wildly impressive and the need to spam Wikipedia makes it less likely he is genuinely notable. Dlyons493 Talk
Link above shows a decent rank of #26,870 for amazon.co.uk, he's British after all. Deizio talk 22:08, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Published by Harper Collins? Good enough for me. Jcuk 21:37, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep but cleanup per Diez. Not fond of autobios. ~Kylu (u|t) 22:52, 5 May 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.