Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Augusta Stevenson


 * 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.

The result was   Withdrawn. Several quality references have been found, and I no longer believe that this article should be deleted. Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 01:09, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Augusta Stevenson

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This article fails WP:BIO, and has no sourcing to speak of. Without the Library of Congress registry, there would be no reason to think that this person ever even existed. Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 19:54, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment The sourcing is certainly poor and some details are contradicted in the biography I located on the Indiana University site (here). I have placed a note on the article Talk page about the contradictions. Given that the subject's books remain in print - indeed some available as audio books - I would be disinclined to deletion, if it can be avoided by adding more robust details. AllyD (talk) 22:31, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I am inclined to agree. I looked pretty hard and could find nothing. However, sometimes these delete tags can save an article and I was hoping that would be the case here. If sourcing can be found that meets WP:NOTABILITY, I will very happily withdraw the nomination. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 00:07, 17 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Question: Would the sheer amount of books that she's written count towards notability? I know that with some of the notability guidelines people can squeak by notability guidelines if they've made an overwhelming contribution to their particular fields. I'm not sure if authors fall under this, though.User:Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:49, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm also noticing that there are some mentions of her in papers from the early 1900s, but much of this is hidden behind paywalls.User:Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   06:02, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm also getting more than a few hits in Scholar that suggests that she's fairly well used, or was, in various classrooms, with her name being dropped several times in relation to school libraries getting her books and people naming her as an example of educational writers of the time period., , , , , , User:Tokyogirl79  (｡◕‿◕｡)   06:09, 17 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep I've had a look through databases and newspaper libraries and there are various bits and pieces of coverage, both from time of publication and more recently. Although you could argue some of the coverage is not very in depth, she certainly played an important part in the "Childhood of Famous Americans" series which has been in print for 75 years, is widely referenced, cited and praised, and is still used for teaching; her other books (the plays) had less long-lasting impact but were widely reviewed in their time. And she lived to be 106, which isn't itself grounds for notability but is still impressive.  I've added sources to the article. --Colapeninsula (talk) 12:41, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
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