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The result was delete. Mark Arsten ( talk) 00:40, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Robin Collyns
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Fails WP:BIO as this particular person does not seem to have received any notice outside of the WP:FRINGE ancient astronaut believers community. The only moderate claim to notability I could find was that David Hatcher Childress mentioned the author in a book (though I think the textual claim that "Collyns[sic] theories have influenced the work of the writer David Hatcher Childress." is going a bit beyond the one-off mention. In any case, a fringe proponent mentioning another fringe proponent does not satisfy our notability requirements. jps ( talk) 12:25, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
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- Delete I was able to find this reliable source:
- Weiner, Paula J. LJ: Library Journal. 4/1/1976, Vol. 101 Issue 7, p906. The review opens: "This poorly written and unimpressive book..", gets worse (serious criticism that should be in the Wikipedia article), and ends with "Buy only if your library patrons demand this book."
- There was also a review in The Bookseller but I can't find it. Presume it's probably along the same lines as LJ. If substantial new sources are found I might change position but even the article creator could not find more than two reliable sources from the 1970s. -- Green Cardamom ( talk) 19:30, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
- Delete As per nom. Insufficient reliable third-party references. I would also be concerned that this article was created by a user whose editing history seems to be of minimal constructive worth. DerbyCountyinNZ ( Talk Contribs) 19:37, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
- Redirect to Ancient astronauts, where the author is listed in the bibliography as a proponent of the theory; redirects are cheap. - The Bushranger One ping only 01:06, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
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The result was delete. Mark Arsten ( talk) 00:40, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Robin Collyns
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Fails WP:BIO as this particular person does not seem to have received any notice outside of the WP:FRINGE ancient astronaut believers community. The only moderate claim to notability I could find was that David Hatcher Childress mentioned the author in a book (though I think the textual claim that "Collyns[sic] theories have influenced the work of the writer David Hatcher Childress." is going a bit beyond the one-off mention. In any case, a fringe proponent mentioning another fringe proponent does not satisfy our notability requirements. jps ( talk) 12:25, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
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- Delete I was able to find this reliable source:
- Weiner, Paula J. LJ: Library Journal. 4/1/1976, Vol. 101 Issue 7, p906. The review opens: "This poorly written and unimpressive book..", gets worse (serious criticism that should be in the Wikipedia article), and ends with "Buy only if your library patrons demand this book."
- There was also a review in The Bookseller but I can't find it. Presume it's probably along the same lines as LJ. If substantial new sources are found I might change position but even the article creator could not find more than two reliable sources from the 1970s. -- Green Cardamom ( talk) 19:30, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
- Delete As per nom. Insufficient reliable third-party references. I would also be concerned that this article was created by a user whose editing history seems to be of minimal constructive worth. DerbyCountyinNZ ( Talk Contribs) 19:37, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
- Redirect to Ancient astronauts, where the author is listed in the bibliography as a proponent of the theory; redirects are cheap. - The Bushranger One ping only 01:06, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
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