Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Smith (author)
Whew. That's a prime example of  if I've ever seen one. Long story short, none of the sources are usable as far as showing notability goes. The best one out of the bunch is one where he's quoted but isn't the focus of the article itself. As far as the other sources go, they're either primary sources, routine notifications that he'd be attending or judging somewhere, posts on sites that Wikipedia wouldn't consider reliable, or notifications that he's won awards or held positions that aren't really the type that Wikipedia would consider of any big note. Most awards or positions aren't, when you get down to it. I like to say that about 5% of all awards ever given to anyone, anywhere are important enough to give notability and of that group, less than 1% are important enough to where they give absolute notability. None of these awards/positions fit into either category. Now I understand that despite the whole "Fifty Shades" phenomenon, BDSM as a whole is still relatively uncovered as far as mainstream stuff goes. However, that doesn't mean that it is exempt from having to find reliable sources. This guy just isn't notable enough to merit an entry here. There's enough to show that he could be a reliable source, but being a reliable source and passing notability guidelines aren't the same thing and he's not a big enough of a figure to be considered notable on that end either
— User:Tokyogirl79, 14:28, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:OVERCITE (Wikipedia:Citation overkill)