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John Matthews (writer)

British author with no references to prove notability. A Google search turns up this, which doesn't even look to be the same person. Username of original creator is Jmatt11, suggesting a possible conflict of interest as well. BradV 02:12, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Yet another non-notable autobiography on Wikipedia.--CyberGhostface (talk) 02:55, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - This [1] is the author, not the link per the nominator. I looked up the notability claim of one of his books, Past Imperfect being a bestseller and on a Times list. I found nothing to verify this. The book does in fact exist, on both Amazon [2] and Amazon UK [3] though neither stock it. In the media, I can find little on the author. He does appear in one Google news result [4] (First result), but a paid result so can't tell the contents. As such, none of books seem to pass WP:BK and as an author he certainly doesn't appear to meet notability requirements, hence I vote a strong delete. Rasadam (talk) 09:09, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The claim that Past Perfect was in a Times top-ten list seems accurate[5]. He's also published by HarperCollins and Penguin, i.e. not a vanity press. According to the cover art, Past Imperfect was a bestseller, but I cant find proof of that. Amazon also quotes from a Times review which I'm having trouble finding. Pburka (talk) 16:04, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep if books can be referenced Dreamspy (talk) 19:28, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 23:03, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The Times of London link by Pburka has almost no content. Doesn't prove this person's notability. Artene50 (talk) 04:27, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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