Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martin K. A. Morgan

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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:33, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Martin K. A. Morgan

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Unable to find any significant coverage in independent RS of this individual or his books. (t · c) buidhe 03:06, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and United States of America. (t · c) buidhe 03:06, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
KEEP - Established author with published historical works. National Geographic and IGN articles are RS -- Thats Just Great (talk) 03:15, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The IGN "article" is an interview with one of his coworkers who mentions Morgan twice. Neither independent nor sigcov. The National Geographic is not an article, it's a bio of a contributor which is usually provided by that contributor and not an independent source. Just publishing books does not make someone notable. (t · c) buidhe 03:23, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Added more links to the article. -- Thats Just Great (talk) 18:37, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Still no independent sources provided... (t · c) buidhe 19:37, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

He's certainly an expert in this field, and is quoted often, yet the only independent "bio" I was able to find is this, and it barely says anything about him. Magnolia677 (talk) 20:27, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would not call that a bio. (t · c) buidhe 22:07, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and Alabama. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:02, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No evidence that this passes WP:NAUTHOR, never mind WP:NACADEMICS. Thus falls to WP:NBASIC which, again, the sources appear to not reach. Only sources that have even a waft of independence are the bio-page on National Geographic, which turns out to not be independent because its existence indicates the subject is in fact associated with NatGeo; and the IGN story that only references the subject passingly in an interview answer by an affiliated person. -Ljleppan (talk) 08:02, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What about the two journals that cite his work and the Guardian article. Do they help? -- Thats Just Great (talk) 23:35, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Two citations are not notability. (t · c) buidhe 23:46, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:43, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Search turns up no RS. Fails WP:GNG. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 04:53, 5 October 2022 (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.