Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Paolinelli
All of the sources in the article are either  (meaning that they're by Paolinelli or some place directly affiliated with him) or they're actually inappropriate to have on Wikipedia, like the link to Amazon. (I've removed this link.) A search brought up nothing else that could establish notability for this author. I also have to express concern about a possible COI, as the original editor's username is very similar to one of the author's handles. I've blocked them for this and for some other problematic behavior, so full disclosure on that end. The author has worked for various publications, but notability is  by the author having worked for notable newspapers or because he wrote some books. These things make it more likely that there will be coverage, but it's never a guarantee and there have been journalists that have worked for some of the world's most notable publications for years and wrote some fairly well received news stories, yet never gained enough coverage to justify them passing . I'm sorry, but Paolinelli just doesn't pass notability guidelines. This is no slight against him - it's just that it's very, very difficult to pass notability guidelines on Wikipedia
— User:Tokyogirl79, 04:44, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:PRIMARY||WP:NOTINHERITED||WP:CREATIVE (Wikipedia:No original research)