Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia


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The result was keep. Nominator has withdrawn the AfD (non-admin closure) ~ Amkgp  💬  17:38, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia

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I really wish this were notable, but I don't think it is. There's this (name drop), this (another name drop), this (basically a name drop; certainly not critical commentary) and a single article in the Hartford Courant from 1984 called "Dusting Off Encyclopedia After 95 Years", which is a nice story about its republication in the '80s but doesn't get it to pass WP:NBOOK on its own. Just don't think there's the coverage here (although I don't have access to that many historical newspapers, which is where I'd expect the coverage to be if it does exist). All the citations are to GoodReads. Notability tagged since 2013. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 04:59, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 04:59, 12 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep. Here's WP:THREE articles: Haukur (talk) 09:20, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
 * And for easy reference, here's the Hartford Courant article mentioned in the nomination: Haukur (talk) 09:22, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per Haukur's work. Caro7200 (talk) 12:36, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Withdraw. Thanks very much to for finding those articles and clipping them so I could see them! I knew there had to be something out there. Clear case of WP:THREE here. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 13:00, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
 * We aim to please. Newspapers.com is often a useful source, you can apply for access if you think it might come in handy for you! Haukur (talk) 13:04, 12 August 2020 (UTC)


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