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The result was redirect‎ to Don Cummings. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:14, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails WP:NBOOK. The only review in the article is a Kirkus Indie, which is a pay-for review program that does not demonstrate notability, see WP:KIRKUS. The only other review I can find is on the NY Journal of Books (Not to be confused with the much more famous NY Review of Books) which seems to be an obscure group blog. There's a passing mention of the book in this NYtimes article but it's not SIGCOV. Hemiauchenia (talk) 00:38, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Literature and United States of America. Hemiauchenia (talk) 00:38, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment At the very least this can be merged to the author as an ATD. Jclemens (talk) 03:40, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not even sure the author is notable honestly. Hemiauchenia (talk) 03:55, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The article isn't even tagged for notability, so that's not a compelling reason to not merge content there. Jclemens (talk) 05:47, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not objecting to the redirect proposal for now, I'm just saying that I think there may be a case for AfDing the author too. Hemiauchenia (talk) 05:48, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - non-notable author, and the only source is unreliable at best. --TheInsatiableOne (talk) 07:34, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Don Cummings. While I found the same NYT article mentioned by the nom, I agree that it really is not significant coverage of the book itself. While the author's notability may be questionable, as long as that article is here, redirecting there would be the preferable WP:ATD. If the author's article is later brought to AFD itself and deleted, then the redirect would be deleted as well at that time. Rorshacma (talk) 18:44, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:09, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Don Cummings per Rorshacma's decision. CastJared (talk) 08:31, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.