Deletion of Hayford Peirce

Comment: Article clearly belongs on Wikipedia under  and . However, it seems as if the last name "Pierce" is spelled incorrectly in the page title
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:V)

Comment: David - "Author of multiple books with major genre publishers" is not sufficient to meet the notability criteria at . The Science Fiction Encyclopedia is not sufficient, in terms of , to keep this article. This article has been around for several years and has been edited extensively by Mr. Peirce himself, so I can't help but think that if the appropriate verifiable references existed they would already have been added
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:AUTHOR||WP:V)

Comment: per sources cited. The  here is obvious but it has been openly declared as such http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Hayford_Peirce&diff=next&oldid=16513703 since 2005. Contributing to this discussion isn't a conflict of interest, especially since he's not !voted and has determined that the decision should be made by consensus not including him. His editing the article is a conflict and he should refrain from doing do. I also think the fact that Mr Hayford ''hasn't'' filled the article with links to Amazon and his own websites in an effort sell his books is as valid as
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (WP:COI)