Talk:James Smythe (novelist)

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Surprised this writer didn't have a page, despite numerous award mentions. Tanzeelat (talk) 19:39, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 7 May 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: biography moved to James Smythe (novelist) and disambiguation moved to James Smythe. Accelerating the close as a technical request due to the speedy deletion request and bold usurpation of primary-topic status. – wbm1058 (talk) 15:29, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

– This had been a redirect to James Moore Smythe, 18th century English writer. Now it is an article on a 21st century British writer (that needs better sourcing but certainly appears notable). I don't see that either one should be PT, so I think dab should be at the base name. MB 01:01, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. James Smythe (writer) is arguably an {{R from incomplete disambiguation}} given that James Moore Smythe is defined as a playwright albeit one who wrote only one play which had a mediocre run. "Novelist" gives more distinct disambiguation. – wbm1058 (talk) 01:32, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. MB 03:26, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support James Smythe (disambiguation) → James Smythe per nomination and also support James Smythe → James Smythe (novelist) per wbm1058 and per concurrence from nominator. The two-sentence stub for the novelist is not the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 04:02, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support views[[1]] may show a primary topic but this may partly be due to the changes a few days ago. Crouch, Swale (talk) 06:19, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 13:49, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Roman Spinner. MerelyPumpkin (talk) 14:41, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Contested deletion

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because James Smythe is a published author! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.148.0 (talk) 13:57, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because James Smythe is a prolific and highly-regarded British author. His works have been favourably reviewed by major newspapers and well-known literary authors such as Sarah Perry and Emily St John Mandel. His speculative works of science-fiction enrich the British canon and warrant mentioning on Wikipedia. 82.5.15.11 (talk) 13:58, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... James Smythe is a major British literary science fiction writer. He has had two novels nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Awards, the pre-eminent science fiction book prize, which marks him as a writer of significant note, which is more than many other authors who have their own wikipedia pages. --90.252.198.70 (talk) 14:25, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... James Smythe is an established novelist with several award nominations. Citations have now been added to the page. --Patchworkbunny (talk) 14:51, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because Smythe is a significant British SF author, who has been nominated for multiple awards and received excellent reviews over the past decade --82.22.99.51 (talk) 14:59, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because James Smythe is one of the most original authors of the 21st century. His novels have consistently broken new ground within the science fiction world and stand alongside other major authors, having been nominated on more than one occasion for prizes within the genre. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SKW2021 (talk • contribs) 15:39, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]