Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomm Quackenbush
First off, having an Amazon page does not equate to notability. Anyone that has a book published can have an author page on Amazon. Why? Because they are the ones who set one up by providing Amazon with the information. If the authors themselves don't, the publisher does. Even the self-published authors who go through CreateSpace have the ability to set up their author pages. This would pretty much fall under the rounds of  at best and doesn't show notability in the slightest. It's the equivalent of the author having a page for themselves on Lulu. I can't stress enough that having an author page on any merchant website is not a sign of notability. It just means that they're more proactive than others are. Heck, even the infamous http://www.amazon.com/Gabrielle-Chana/e/B0033HW64K/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1345977050&sr=1-1 Gabrielle Chana has her own author's page and I know for certain she isn't signed on with any official agency. To impress how non-special having an author page is, I could publish something right now and create my own author page. It's absolutely no sign of notability. Now apart from that, there is no coverage of this author in any reliable sources. There's a handful of blog reviews but ultimately this author has zero notability and by all rights should've been speedied since again, having an author page on Amazon means absolutely nothing. I'm trying to not be bite-y, but this just isn't any sign of notability enough to warrant removing a speedy
— User:Tokyogirl79, 10:35, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:PRIMARY (Wikipedia:No original research)