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Proposed deletion of John Callow (historian)


The article John Callow (historian) has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners or ask at Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. ... disco spinster   talk  21:49, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

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I removed the prod tag, and added real references to the books. I also removed from the list of "books" a book where Callow was just author of the introduction, & one listed as co-author, but for which he only wrote a chapter, and one I could not identify. What's now needed to show. notability is citation of published third party reviews of the book--this is essential. I advise you to fix the problem, and do this very quickly, before the article gets nominated for deletion by a regular deletion process. If it does, wait till the next book is published and reviewed, and then try again.  DGG ( talk ) 21:58, 5 June 2011 (UTC)