Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Spruill


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Techie3 (talk) 04:38, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

Steven Spruill

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non-notable author. The two sources in the article are primary, it seems to have been created and mainly edited by by a COI editor, and I can't find any evidence that he passes the notability guidelines. Adamant1 (talk) 23:29, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 00:03, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 00:03, 19 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep this article on a notable author who meets WP:AUTHOR #1 and #3. He has had with a long career whose work has seen significant coverage. In addition to the ten or so reviews I found on the open internet when searching his name and "reviews" (which I have linked to the works and will add relevant portions of to a career section), I have citations for the following coverage that exits that I don't have (talking about WP:NEXIST here):
 * Booklist, February 1, 1994, p. 995.
 * Library Journal, January 1994, p. 165
 * Library Journal, July 1995, p. 124.
 * He's also included in St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers, St. James Press (Detroit), 1996. While I can't view more than a few lines of it, there is enough mention of it in his coverage in Contemporary Authors that it looks like a weighty source. DiamondRemley39 (talk) 12:20, 19 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:HEY and DiamondRemley39's excellent addition of sources. — Toughpigs (talk) 02:48, 23 July 2020 (UTC)


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