Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Douglas E. Richards
as the author's novel ''Wired'' is a http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-11-06/combined-print-and-e-book-fiction/list.html?date=2011-11-06&category=combined-print-and-e-book-fiction&pagewanted=print ''New York Times'' Best Seller and the author has been the subject of in-depth coverage by reliable third-party sources, including http://www.sffworld.com/2013/08/interview-with-douglas-e-richards/, http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/richards-douglas-e/64559, etc. I am a bit taken aback by the apparent lack of  by the nominator and that no effort was put into tagging or improving the article before taking it straight to AfD
— User:Dravecky, 06:47, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BEFORE (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion)