Talk:Will Christopher Baer

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Disputing PROD

While I agree that there is a lack of information out there, there is just enough reviews to warrant a "keep" in this instance. Or at the very least, argue that the author is notable enough to where this should probably go through AfD rather than a PROD. He's received a lot of coverage from trades, but there's a few non-trade reviews in there as well. I wouldn't argue against redirecting the Kiss Me, Judas article to the main one for the author, though. That one is just light enough on coverage to where I was hemming and hawing about whether or not to keep that one separate. In any case, the lack of coverage about the author doesn't always mean that the article has to be deleted. If there is coverage of the author's works, which there is, we can argue for his notability. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 04:12, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, creating an entry for the trilogy of novels that he has released (they're all related to the same character) and redirecting there is also an option. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 07:50, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Something also to take into account is that we'd also need something to back this up that isn't a primary source. (Goodreads "about" sections for authors registered on the site are always supplied by the author or their representatives.) We can use it for some small details, but generally we should try to avoid writing an "about" type section using only primary sources. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 00:00, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]