Now, if only we had a Wikipedian in Residence there. Oh, wait... we do! Perhaps Andrew could help.

:D

On 19/05/2012 23:03, Richard Symonds wrote:

Worth a trip to the British Library for one of our London based members?

Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK

On May 19, 2012 11:00 PM, "Andy Mabbett" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    On 19 May 2012 22:44, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    > As I feared when we discussed this article early today, I'm not
    really
    > sure she is notable... I think that's why you can't find suitable
    > references to establish notability.

    I'd be very surprised if an author of at least nine novels, all
    published by a single mainstream publisher (implying commercial
    success) with some republished in large print editions, had manage to
    garner no press coverage, interviews, or reviews.

    That they have been published over a period starting in 1976 means
    that such coverage is likely to pre-date the web and may never have
    been available electronically.

    > I'm also a little concerned that a large portion (over a third)
    of the
    > article

    I think you're miscounting.

    > is copied word for word from the publisher's biography of her
    > (the 2nd reference). It's only one and a half sentences and its the
    > obvious way to convey that information, so it wouldn't usually be a
    > problem, but the article is just so short that it is quite
    > significant.

    SOFIXIT!

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