Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Rehder


 * 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 keep. (non-admin closure) Jovanmilic97 (talk) 15:31, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Ben Rehder

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A WP:BEFORE search turned up nothing WP:RS. The article was WP:BLPPRODded 3 days after creation, but the tag was removed 2 days later after non-RS links to Amazon, Goodreads, Google Books and Kirkus had been added. The only current source is the author's own website. Narky Blert (talk) 18:32, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 20:25, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 20:25, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~SS49~   {talk}  02:34, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep as clear pass of WP:AUTHOR. There's no doubt that the article is meager and poorly sourced. It is odd that Bone Dry, one of his most widely reviewed works, is not listed, and that the Edgar nomination for Buck Fever does not appear in the article. But the subject meets WP:AUTHOR with multiple books reviewed in multiple periodicals (a quick database search found reviews in Chicago Tribune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Sports Afield, Austin-American Statesman, San Antonio Express-News, Houston Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, etc etc), and the article could be expanded with coverage of the author himself, e.g. the 1400+ word profile "Hill Country character" by Patrick Beach on page D1 of the Austin American Statesman May 29, 2007 issue, subsequently reprinted in the Houston Chronicle. Bakazaka (talk) 20:21, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep a slew of book reviews and articles with INDEPTH came up in a quick news archive search. But even the simplest WP:BEFORE, running his name through a GNews search, turns up enough to make it clear that this one just needs a willing editor.E.M.Gregory (talk) 01:42, 1 March 2019 (UTC)


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