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213:. While it's possible that the book may qualify for a proper article about the book, if it can be sourced to more than just Worldcat, that's not a reason why we would need a separate biography of its writer that was sourced this poorly and contained this little detail about him as a standalone topic. 408:
cannot adequately respond to the points I raised nor does he seem to fully understand what he wrote. And he is here repeating the same unfounded argument at AfD discussion. Since he cannot respond to the points on my talkpage, and he is repeating same thing here, it will surely be beneficial for all
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If he has a worldcat entry, then it is an automatic keep. The article will develop as time goes on, and regarding the books, it is a old standard, which has been on the go for decades.
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an automatic keep for a writer in and of itself — if that were true, we would have to keep an article about every single writer who ever existed at all, because
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coverage about him shown at all. And, for that matter, even the substance of the article itself just states that McKay existed and then goes on to be about the
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which was only sourced with a Worldcat entry. This user swiftly wrote on my talkpage in bossy tone that I should be careful, because having
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I have sent a email to the Journal of Structural Engineers at the Institute of Structural Engineering which seems to have some info on him.
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unless we can find more material from reliable sources to allow an article with more information than is in currently in the article.
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Ammarpad, Fair enough I seem to have made a mistake about Worldcat entries. Somebody told me. It was wrong. Lets move on.
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Biography of a writer, referenced exclusively to the WorldCat directory entries for his book with no evidence of
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Gbooks has about 10 books written by him, and they are still sold on Weathespoons and Amazon.
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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Ammarpad, I have left a comment as a reply, which you are looking for, on your talk page.
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or guideline he derives this notion of Worldcat entry notability automation. Thanks all –
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Well it looks like he is headed for the bin, unless I can find some info.
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as he is not subject of discussion in any reliable independent source –
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gets into WorldCat. A writer qualifies for an article by being the
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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Worldcat entry is automatic notability on Knowledge (XXG)
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