Deletion of Patrick Smith (columnist)

Comment: Smith has written about a lot of notable topics, but that does not make HIM notable, as I can't find any  that indicates that anybody has written about HIM.  Fails , , , etc
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:AUTHOR||WP:BK||WP:CREATIVE)

Comment: As it fails basic notability as per  ie "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of multiple published secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject", the one inline references from his own website ''Ask the Pilot'' is an |unreliable self-published source and not 'multiple published secondary sources'. It is I agree can be used on |his own article but it can not be the only reference to base his notability on. I could live with a redirect/merge to Salon.com as that page already lists him as a contributor as well as his book. The two sentences on him can be incorporated without much effort
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO||WP:SELFPUBLISH||WP:ABOUTSELF)