Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jan Howard Finder


 * 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) Rollidan (talk) 18:39, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Jan Howard Finder

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Author does not appear to be notable by any standard — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elfhewer (talk • contribs) 06:18, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:GNG, WP:N, WP:ANYBIO, WP:AUTHOR.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:38, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2019 July 24.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 18:39, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable enough in the SF field to have an entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and to be Guest of Honor at a Worldcon. (If you're not familiar with that distinction, I'll quote from our List_of_Worldcon_Guests_of_Honor article: While other conventions may select guests on the basis of popularity, Worldcons usually select Guests of Honor as an acknowledgement of significant lifetime contribution to the field; typically at least 25 years of activity. Selection as a Worldcon GoH is treated by authors, fans, and others in the SF field as a lifetime achievement award. Schazjmd   (talk)  18:54, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions.  Schazjmd   (talk)  19:08, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:17, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
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 * Keep per Schazjmd. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  20:14, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep, along with the previous discussion, also found enough news mentions of his death describing contributions in multiple fields to establish notability in life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.57.207.196 (talk) 21:40, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Most of the sourcing for our article does not contribute towards WP:GNG but we should only consider here the sourcing that does count. We have a newspaper obituary (local, but written by the newspaper rather than a paid family death announcement), another obituary in a notable trade magazine, an entry in a specialized encyclopedia (not currently in the article but mentioned above), and a newspaper story from before his death in a non-local paper that covers him in non-trivial detail. I think that's enough. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:48, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Schazjmd‘s comment convinces me that Kratman meets the criteria for notability necessary to be included in Wikipedia. TimBuck2 (talk) 23:43, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable in SF field. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:50, 27 July 2019 (UTC).
 * Keep per WP:SNOW Lightburst (talk) 18:24, 31 July 2019 (UTC)


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