Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Karpin
Wikipedia itself is not for profit.  Therefore, unless an editor on this site wants to shell out some money, Wikipedians cannot see the Austlit list.  Even if an editor did pay to access the list, not everyone can.  Therefore, it will be unverifiable, because most people will not be able to see it in order to verify it.  American and Australian writers are held to the same standards.  American authors must have books that are reasonably popular, and unless their book sells a million copies and is talked about in the press frequently, they must publish multiple, well-selling books.  Where are your |reliable, third party sources, verifying that Matthew has won ''multiple'' awards or has been reviewed ''multiple'' times?  By the way, Google ''certainly'' is international in its coverage.  If I can find boatloads of information on Estonian writers, why wouldn't I be able to find a lot of information on an English-speaking Australian writer?  All of the editors here have taken independent, objective looks into the article as well as magazines, web searches, online lists, Google Books (which, incidentally, has novels by Estonian writers...), and news archives.  Please do not insult or degrade us; we have been extremely |civil towards you, especially considering some of your accusations
— User:Srose, 16:14, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:RS||WP:CIVIL (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)