Talk:Christopher Krovatin

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I created this page. It should be noted that I had no hand in creating the page that was previously deleted, nor was I aware of its existence. If Krovatin was not sufficiently notable in 2006, his notability has only increased in the interim. He has published another novel, he has amassed a good amount of published work with Revolver magazine, and his works have been already adopted into other forms (Dark Horse is no vanity publishing house, to be sure). I would also contend that the fact that he's the son of an internationally famous and long-successful writer, while not notable by itself, increases his notability in aggregate—for instance, it is often remarked upon in articles or interviews about him.

I am not very familiar with the amount of press coverage he'd recieved in 2006, but as noted in the article, by now he has been covered in a wide variety of publications, both related to the publishing industry as well as literature; and regularly is invited to speaking engagements at a wide variety of venues. This is only to speak of his literary notability; his band has been covered in a wide variety of metal publications—both blogs as well as internationally-published magazines, like Decibel.

I contend that Krovatin has become substantially more notable in the last 4 years, moving from 'student author' to established and relevant professional. I am not (needless to say) Chris Krovatin, but I do know him personally. 76.15.240.132 (talk) 23:27, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops. I forgot to log in. 76.15.240.132 is me. Cruxdestruct (talk) 23:28, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To elaborate: I think that, in particular, the fact that his second novel was optioned and had considerable manpower (by others unaffiliated with him) devoted to making a nationally-sold comic book out of it speaks to his relevance to the publishing world at large. Cruxdestruct (talk) 23:43, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

After the speedy deletion failed, I also removed the regular deletion that remained. The G4 failed because the article was sufficiently different from the first one; but I also have contended that the subject has become significantly more notable since that article was created. Thus at the very least I would want a brand new referendum on his notability, one that is not influenced by the ruling in 2006. Cruxdestruct (talk) 21:10, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]