Deletion of Robert Booth

Comment: Sulfur: The |notability page you cite weakens your position and strengthens mine.  It begins by stating clearly that what follows is a “guideline” and “not Wikipedia policy,” adding that “the whole concept of notability is contentious.”  You then take the reference to published authors out of context.  The entire standard suggested includes those “who have written books with an audience of 5,000 or more '''or''' in periodicals with a circulation of 5,000 or more.”  Booth’s op-ed pieces have appeared in the ''Chicago Tribune,'' ''Miami Herald,'' ''St. Petersburg Times,'' ''Atlanta Constitution'' and ''Tampa Tribune'' (which has also reviewed ''The Perfect Pafko'').  All of those publications far exceed the 5,000 circulation standard.  Finally, the notability page you cite suggests that those feeling a notability standard is not being met, “may wish to explain your position to the user, before nominating it for deletion.”  Instead, you pounced immediately on the deletion option. Why?  Is this your regular MO on Wikipedia?  Would it not have been more prudent to contact me first?  That would have allowed the two people who care most about this to dialogue directly on it.  As a result, a person of your considerable intelligence would have seen quickly how flimsy the notability argument is and never have put this listing up for deletion consideration
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: His book has an amazon sales rating worse than 1.3m, so I posit that it does not have sufficient readership to meet . I'm open to correction. Incidentally, why is it that the "it's not a policy, it's a guideline" line is only ever trotted out when such a guideline very clearly makes out that some article should be deleted
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: The issue is not a lack of contributions... "newbies" are quite welcome, but the edit pattern and article does show intent. Wikipedia is |not a web directory and article links should be directly related to the content at hand. Either way, it is a side issue. Beyond |vanity the question posed is |notability. Can "a circulation of 5,000 or more" be shown
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:External links (WP:EL||WP:VANITY||WP:BIO)