Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herbert H. Harwood, Jr.


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The result was Procedural close. Withdrawn by nominator, keeps outweigh deletes (non-admin closure) Nördic   Nightfury  07:37, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Herbert H. Harwood, Jr.

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Does not appear to be a notable author. While he has published several books and appears to be an expert on American railways, a search for coverage in reliable sources resulted only in passing mentions. No coverage about him or his book appear to exist, at least online.

Also pinging. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:59, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn per sources given below. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:32, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:00, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
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Domdeparis (talk) 13:58, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment I think you may have been a little quick with the deletion nomination as you were with the original reviewing without tagging. I unreviewed it because as is it didn't meet WP:NAUTHOR and I tagged it for improvement and notified the creator that it needed more sources and that I was going to look too. I'm starting to find a few sources notably here here. Domdeparis (talk) 13:15, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete - Non-notable, no sources found to support. Morphenniel (talk) 13:16, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment First time I've tagged an article as being non notable and then had to defend its deletion against it's creator...anyhow here are a few sources for perusal
 * Weak keep - There are a number of results about him at newspapers.com, including full book reviews. I'm not sure how many book reviews are needed to satisfy NAUTHOR, but book reviews and citations I see on gscholar, gbooks and newspapers.com are all positive and many suggest that he is considered an expert in his field (here are the first two citations I find which speak positively of Harwood's scholarship: ) Smmurphy(Talk) 14:12, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep as per the different sources found by self and above. Domdeparis (talk) 16:31, 8 June 2017 (UTC)


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