Talk:David Day (Canadian writer)

message: Does anyone know if he is related to fellow Canadians & comic book artists Gene and Dan Day?
66.31.78.14 (talk) 18:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
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message: He has written a lot of books but the article has no independent references that cover him in-depth a requirement of being notable. Theroadislong (talk) 21:42, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Want to PROD it? John from Idegon (talk) 23:52, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

text: None of the ones currently cited are independent secondary sources, are they? Got no hits to support notability in my quick WP:BEFORE. Unless there is some special trick to digging sources in this field that I'm missing, ... My faith in PROD though—somewhere between little and none. Usedtobecool ☎️ 05:43, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  , : Ah, just saw this. I've had a thorough look for book reviews, and it's very hard to find anything solid - which is somewhat remarkable, actually. We can't allow this page to be a CV or a Catalogue, and there's precious (no pun intended) little else here. I'm afraid I agree, PROD is pretty much a waste of time as it only takes one person (you know who) to wreck it, so it's AfD or nothing. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:55, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: ,  David Day is an well-known author on environment issues (The Doomsday Book of Animals (with a foreword by Prince Phillip), Eco Wars or The Whale War) which were published on big publishers like Penguin. His books are even mentioned in other Wikipedia articles (e.g. on 24 articles on extinct animals) He is also the writer of the ITV series Lost Animals of the 20th Century (which also exist as German version (Tiere, die es einmal gab) if you doubt the notability of this series). Your delition is not acceptable because you have never informed me on the delition. --Melly42 (talk) 13:33, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

text:  A book review in The New Scientist: https://books.google.de/books?id=EIZI3TDTGTsC&pg=PA44&dq=%22the+doomsday+book+of+animals%22&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVycOD3evtAhXRzaQKHVyNB7IQ6AEwAXoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=%22the%20doomsday%20book%20of%20animals%22&f=false, And here several external citations for the Doomsday Book of Animals: https://www.google.de/search?tbm=bks&hl=de&q=%22the+doomsday+book+of+animals%22 Here is a citation for Eco Wars by Michael Palin: https://www.google.de/search?hl=de&tbm=bks&sxsrf=ALeKk02ONUatTwJf0lLJ0AunhXKjLg8drg%3A1608988835979&ei=ozjnX66mO4v6sAfrnZjgAg&q=%22eco+wars%22+%22david+day%22&oq=%22eco+wars%22+%22david+day%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3...13912.17516.0.17818.12.12.0.0.0.0.97.1036.12.12.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.XgouYUTwLOs --Melly42 (talk) 13:17, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: , I am not sure why you think we need to inform you about anything, but anyway,  is working on a draft at Draft:David Day (Canadian writer). I would recommend you collaborate with him there. He is an experienced admin who can guide you and decide when the draft is ready to be merged back. Best, Usedtobecool ☎️ 13:01, 27 December 2020 (UTC)

text: Thanks for the information. The draft looks good. -Melly42 (talk) 14:13, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability