Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Richardson (author)

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The result was delete. Missvain (talk) 23:37, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew Richardson (author)

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Author of numerous non-notable books. GNG fail. --- Possibly (talk) 19:11, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. --- Possibly (talk) 19:11, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:27, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Searching newspapers.com for the subject's name finds lots of hits, so I tried narrowing the search by adding "primates", "mammals" or "lemurs" and found nothing. The author is not notable, they fail to meet any of the criteria of Wikipedia:AUTHOR. There is also a possible COI here, see Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Likely_COI_editing. See also Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/The_Royal_Book_of_Lists. Cxbrx (talk) 19:57, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as advertorial. Guy (help! - typo?) 20:25, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: advertorial. Article creation and most of the editing appears to be COI with possible SPA IP edits. — sbb (talk) 22:17, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I have found neither any reviews of his books to make him pass WP:AUTHOR, nor any coverge for WP:GNG. Less Unless (talk) 13:14, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: promotional and non-notable subject. --hroest 02:47, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It's a vanity / self-promo piece on a non-notable author, with clear and proven COI (part of a set that includes their books also). --DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:17, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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