Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shpendi Sollaku Noé

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The result was Delete. No reliable sources have been found to demonstrate nobility. Eluchil404 (talk) 04:30, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Shpendi Sollaku Noé

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Unable to find reliable, secondary sources which demonstrate the notability of this Albanian poet under WP:GNG or WP:AUTHOR. Albanian resources are very thin on the Internet, which definitely an issue here, his works certainly exist, as demonstrated by this WorldCat entry [1], the one book tagged with his name here has two copies in libraries in the US. Books has five of his books [2] but no references otherwise. The Italian and Albanian WP articles only include his own web site. Not sure of the reliability of [3]. Can't help but feel like I might be missing something, but ... welll, additional sources welcomed as always. joe decker ^{talk to me} 00:07, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, unable to find any significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject of this unsourced BLP. J04n(talk page) 23:16, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete; not enough coverage for our purposes. Nom and J04n sum it up pretty well. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:59, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Relisting comment: this never got appropriately listed, and Twinkle refuses to complete an automated attempt to relist, not sure why. Anyway... one more time around the track... --joe decker ^{talk to me} 15:22, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The-Pope (talk) 17:31, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment This is hard to review as Joe Decker says. Amazon.co.uk actually mentions 11 of his books at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Abysses-Voragini-Shpend-Sollaku-Noe/dp/1438967004/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318357297&sr=1-1, and 6 of his books are on sale there, so there's no doubt he exists as an author. But is he notable? If we believe the Amazon editorial it would be a yes. There's very little on the web, but I suspect that's the web, not the albanian author's fault. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:33, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albania-related deletion discussions. — frankie (talk) 14:39, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. — frankie (talk) 14:39, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I can't find any coverage in reliable sources, and his books on Amazon all seem to be published by AuthorHouse, a vanity press. Pburka (talk) 15:19, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Then - no Verifiable evidence, only vanity self-publishing - we have little option but to Delete. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:45, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete can't find any coverage in third-party reliable sources which is required per WP:V. The fact that he's using a vanity press to print his books doesn't say much for notability either. Hut 8.5 19:35, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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