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Simon Ilincev

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WP:BLP of a child writer, with no properly sourced evidence of passing WP:AUTHOR. As always, writers are not automatically entitled to have Wikipedia articles just because they exist -- the notability test requires evidence of significance, such as winning major literary awards and/or having received enough reliable source critical attention to clear WP:GNG. But this is referenced entirely to unreliable primary sources such as Amazon and GoodReads and a press release on the self-published website of the school he attends, with not a shred of real independent third party media coverage shown at all. This is not how you reference a writer as notable enough for an encyclopedia article. Bearcat (talk) 17:22, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 17:22, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 17:22, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

• Delete - No in-depth coverage from independent, reliable sources, so he doesn't pass WP:GNG, and he clearly doesn't meet WP:NAUTHOR.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 17:37, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
• Keep - It is said 'writers are not automatically entitled to have Wikipedia articles', but it is not highlighted that the author is 13, something that should be 'notable'. Ilincev was on the List of books written by children or teenagers, and all of those that are listed have their own wiki articles, even if they only wrote a single book (example: Faiza Guene). So, Ilincev should be included. As to the so-called 'unreliability' of the sources, it should be shown that these were used to reference personal information about the author, and the school websites' article was written by one of their administrators, not by Ilincev himself, of course.
  As well as that, the author is the only Czech child author. Is that not notable?AlphArcher (talk) 17:53, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
• Delete fails WP:SIGCOV.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:59, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
• Keep - Being a child author is rare, and AlphArcher makes a good point in saying the notability of Ilincev publishing a novel at that age is sufficient to warrant an article. Threyed (talk) 18:18, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

• User:Threyed, Welcome to Wikipedia. I can see that this is your very first edit. It takes a while to understand how Wikipedia works, so allow me to suggest that you read WP:NOTAVOTE and WP:GNG, and understand that while your comment may be true, it is necessary to support opinions with WP:RS.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:29, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

• Delete fails WP:SIGCOV. TeriEmbrey (talk) 18:25, 8 August 2019 (UTC)