Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clara Louisa Wells


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The result was keep after better sourcing and with the nominator's withdrawal. Elkman (Elkspeak) 03:21, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Clara Louisa Wells

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Non-notable author. Even the most determined searches in French libraries (see talk page) has failed to uncover any indication of notability. Jfire (talk) 06:47, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, the books would seem to exist, but I she doesn't seem to meet the notability criteria in WP:BIO or WP:BK. Lankiveil (speak to me) 07:36, 27 February 2008 (UTC).
 * I can't find anything relevant online, but that can be attributed her books being published a century ago and in a different language.-- TBC !?!  07:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. Apparently also an inventor but it isn't 100% certain to me. Profile on p. 12 could meet WP:BIO but it's rather vague and seems uncertain of its facts, so I'd be reluctant to hang an article on it. Worldcat shows only four books at all, two in no libraries, one in two, and one in six. Significance seems very slight. --Dhartung | Talk 08:31, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I saw that, but I wasn't sure at first that it was the same person. However, the dates and places do seem to match up, and indeed, here are some of her patents, including one listed in the article. Centers Providing Means for Controlling and Utilizing Volcanic, Aqueous, and Meteorological Forces is quite an amusing read. I'm starting to think we should keep this article. Jfire (talk) 16:26, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * My "weak" delete is one that could be altered by the presence of better sources, but as I noted, I have my doubts about the reliability of that particular source, particularly if it's all we have. --Dhartung | Talk 20:54, 27 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.   -- the wub  "?!"  19:21, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: She is mentioned in Olga Majolo Molinari's La stampa periodica romana dell'Ottocento (1963), which says she founded in 1874 and directed in the 1870s an Italian cultural periodic. The "snippet view" limit my possibilities to read the text; but it adds it was warmly reviewed by another periodic Il liuto, and says it's directed by the "eminenent literate miss Clara L. Wells" ("distinta letterata"). An article is here dedicated to the Italian translation of her book The Alban Hills, Vol. I: Frascati, and on the official presentation in Frascati. She is also mentioned as a notable inventor, having deposed 117 industrial designs and is called a "pioneer" . A contribution on her ("Clara Wells: Oisive dilettante ou visionnaire inspirée?", by Alain Balsan) appears in a French journal, the Bulletin de la Société Départementale d'Archéologie et de Statistique de la Drôme, tome LXXXIII, 1982..--Aldux (talk) 22:12, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * And this indicates she may be covered or mentioned in this book. I'm withdrawing this nomination on the basis of these sources. Jfire (talk) 22:30, 27 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I found another trace of C.L. Wells work (in French language):"- C. Jacquet, Histoire de Puget-Théniers. Moult noble cité et ancienne, 1942. Signalons une curieuse étude celle de Clara Louisa Wells, The arrondissement of Puget-Theniers in the departement of the Alpes Maritimes, Valence, Imprimerie valentinoise, 1922. Il s'agit en effet d'une compilation où l'on trouve aussi bien la liste des évêques de Vence qu'un panorama de l'histoire générale de la France au XIX° siècle." Luiclemens (talk) 21:15, 01 march 2008 (UTC)


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