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Withdrawn by nominator based on on sources found by ARandomName123. ‎. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 20:09, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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At present, I'm having trouble finding sources to establish notability per NAUTHOR. A general Google search doesn't bring up useful information about the author, and I'm unable to find reviews in common sources, including Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus. After checking the author's website, I searched for each book and couldn't find reviews; some didn't even appear indexed on Google Books. The one linked source in the article ([1]) comes off as very promotional, including referring to Levesque as "critically acclaimed". Either I'm missing something, or this is fluff. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 03:46, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Literature and Canada. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 03:46, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: There's a couple paragraphs of coverage in Gale's Contemporary Authors (here). Waiting for Aquarius has been reviewed in Books in Canada (here), The Globe and Mail (here) and awarded the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, while Stranded on the Information Highway was also reviewed in The Globe and Mail (here) and the Star-Phoenix (here). There are also a couple of reviews for the other few books. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 04:30, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The reason you find the article very promotional is because it is a news release from the association giving him the award/title. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 04:32, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 07:18, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I believe that Mr. Levesque is the only Leacock Medal winner without a Wikipedia page. His most celebrated work and profile came as a journalist in the early 1990s. I would hope it can be kept. Thanks Dick Bourgeois-Doyle (talk) 12:07, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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