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Unref article on recently deceased person. Wrote books but I'm not seeing him meeting
WP:AUTHOR or
WP:GNG.
Boleyn (
talk) 08:35, 27 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Weak DeleteKeep. His Encyclopedia of Football seems like one of the definitive works in the (niche-ish) field, based on what I've turned up, so that's a small point in favor of
WP:AUTHOR criterion 1: … is widely cited by peers or successors. It was also
reviewedtwice in the NYT; the latter (a "briefly noted") described it as a "standard reference work" in the field. But I can't find any sustained biographical coverage on him that would back up claims in the article. Caveat: I don't have a
Newspapers.com subscription, and given that he was primarily a newspaper journalist I'd expect any biographical coverage to appear there.
AleatoryPonderings (
talk) 19:02, 27 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep. Sourcing added to article after nom. Also, my search of Newspapers.com reveals abundant coverage of his death in newspapers across the country as well as reviews of his books.
Cbl62 (
talk) 20:00, 27 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep. sources added. --
Devokewater 20:14, 27 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep. Meets
WP:GNG per the sources added to the article.
Ejgreen77 (
talk) 10:45, 28 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Snow Keep nice job adding sources and improving article, clearly exceeds
WP:GNG.--
Paul McDonald (
talk) 14:10, 28 July 2020 (UTC)reply
KEEP sources found proving this person is clearly notable.
DreamFocus 14:48, 28 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep With sources such as the Boston Globe and Washington Post calling him an expert, it's hard to see how he doesn't meet criteria 1 of
WP:AUTHOR. ----
Ahecht (
TALK PAGE) 15:09, 28 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep per
WP:HEY. Enough sources now to either meet
WP:BASIC or
WP:AUTHOR. Thanks,
AleatoryPonderings, for finding those sources and for the article improvement. Obviously this article has needed some love for a long time. -
Whisperjanes (
talk) 02:50, 29 July 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Boleyn: Given that the improvements and vote count, would you consider withdrawing?
Cbl62 (
talk) 15:23, 29 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Withdraw nomination per all the good points made above. Thanks everyone,
Boleyn (
talk) 15:24, 29 July 2020 (UTC)reply
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
Unref article on recently deceased person. Wrote books but I'm not seeing him meeting
WP:AUTHOR or
WP:GNG.
Boleyn (
talk) 08:35, 27 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Weak DeleteKeep. His Encyclopedia of Football seems like one of the definitive works in the (niche-ish) field, based on what I've turned up, so that's a small point in favor of
WP:AUTHOR criterion 1: … is widely cited by peers or successors. It was also
reviewedtwice in the NYT; the latter (a "briefly noted") described it as a "standard reference work" in the field. But I can't find any sustained biographical coverage on him that would back up claims in the article. Caveat: I don't have a
Newspapers.com subscription, and given that he was primarily a newspaper journalist I'd expect any biographical coverage to appear there.
AleatoryPonderings (
talk) 19:02, 27 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep. Sourcing added to article after nom. Also, my search of Newspapers.com reveals abundant coverage of his death in newspapers across the country as well as reviews of his books.
Cbl62 (
talk) 20:00, 27 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep. sources added. --
Devokewater 20:14, 27 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep. Meets
WP:GNG per the sources added to the article.
Ejgreen77 (
talk) 10:45, 28 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Snow Keep nice job adding sources and improving article, clearly exceeds
WP:GNG.--
Paul McDonald (
talk) 14:10, 28 July 2020 (UTC)reply
KEEP sources found proving this person is clearly notable.
DreamFocus 14:48, 28 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep With sources such as the Boston Globe and Washington Post calling him an expert, it's hard to see how he doesn't meet criteria 1 of
WP:AUTHOR. ----
Ahecht (
TALK PAGE) 15:09, 28 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep per
WP:HEY. Enough sources now to either meet
WP:BASIC or
WP:AUTHOR. Thanks,
AleatoryPonderings, for finding those sources and for the article improvement. Obviously this article has needed some love for a long time. -
Whisperjanes (
talk) 02:50, 29 July 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Boleyn: Given that the improvements and vote count, would you consider withdrawing?
Cbl62 (
talk) 15:23, 29 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Withdraw nomination per all the good points made above. Thanks everyone,
Boleyn (
talk) 15:24, 29 July 2020 (UTC)reply
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