Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Theodore L. Thomas

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 keep. Good work, people. DS 01:50, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Theodore L. Thomas

not wikified, doesnt assert importance, been tagged {{expand}} for a month, nn short story writer Admrb♉ltz (t • c • log) 02:44, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

• Comment FWIW, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction verifies that basically the article's accurate. It is a pretty dreadful excuse for an article, though, and I'm not sure the credits add up to notability. The only thing that might push him over is collaborating with Kate Wilhelm on a couple of novels. Fan1967 02:56, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I'd hate to set the bar of notability so low as to include everyone who's had a short story published (hell, I've had a few myself). However, a large number of stories in a multi-decade career suggests notability, and the novels (though written in collaboration) are icing on the cake. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 03:20, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable. Loom91 08:42, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. I've cleaned up the formatting, though it could still do with expansion. Vizjim 10:12, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: Google gets about 9380 hits. Is it notable?--Jusjih 10:19, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

For a pulp writer from well before the advent of the Internet? Sure. Vizjim 11:55, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Keep per Fan1967 and Starblind, although we need some more references as to how well his work sold. -- ReyBrujo 17:38, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Only the novels were ever sold as such, and overall sales figures were generally pretty low for SF in that era. All the short stories were printed in magazines. F&SF and Astounding (now called Analog), which published most of his work, were and are among the absolute top magazines in the genre. Fan1967 17:50, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

• Strong keep but needs sources. Arbusto 22:59, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• strong keep - noted sf author. Needs work though. Grutness...wha? 01:44, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. He was nominated for a Nebula Award, which is a good sign of notability. [1] --Metropolitan90 02:57, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. If it's kept, is anyone here willing to rewrite and expand the article? Nobody else has so far. ~Kylu (u|t) 04:21, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

• I've rewritten it and someone else has started adding content. Vizjim 13:54, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

• Glad to hear! It's nice to see an AfD that ends up constructively rewriting! :) ~Kylu (u|t) 16:17, 6 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.