Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Victor G. Durham


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The result was no consensus. Before renominating, consider the WP:ATD options given here and try to follow those instead. SoWhy 15:21, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Victor G. Durham

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Fails WP:NBIO. Mobilread reference says that subject is not a real person. Do not see any proof of notability as a fictional character. Rogermx (talk) 17:54, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
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 * This is not a fictional character, it may be the pseudonym of a real author, possibly actually called Hancock, H I Hancock or Harrie Irving Hancock . There is coverage:    (pp 78, 84, 85, 90)  and others. If the Submarine Boys series is the only thing for which this pseudonym was used, and there are no biographical details exclusively connected to the pseudonym, then this page should be merged and redirected to Submarine Boys or to the author, if he has an article. (H. Irving Hancock does have an article). Deletion would violate ATD, PRESERVE and R. James500 (talk) 07:30, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Submarine Boys or possibly merge to H. Irving Hancock. I can't find coverage of the name except in passing while discussing the series and I can't find other work under the name so it's not independently notable. The article adds nothing to Submarine Boys as it stands, which suggests a redirect. The author may, as James500 suggests, be H. Irving Hancock. I don't see that in the source above ( - I have a limited preview) but it is stated here and the timing fits. If that's right, we should merge there. I'm struggling to find a second source so for now my default is to redirect to Submarine Boys and add a "...pseudonym...maybe Hancock..." bit at the top there, plus a link back from Hancock's page. › Mortee  talk 02:25, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
 * It is on page 71 of "Newsboy". Snippet view will not let you see a photograph of this, but you can read it by searching for this or this, and snippet view will confirm that the text in question (that he is "probably hancock") is on page 71. Then, if you search for this inside the volume, you get confirmation that the H I Hancock in question is mentioned on page 71 (and several other pages) as well. Therefore he is probably the Hancock who is probably Victor Durham (unless there is another "Hancock" that I can't see on page 71, which seems unlikely). And I am under the impression that Hancock wrote similar books at the same time for the same publisher (Altemus). James500 (talk) 23:19, 8 August 2018 (UTC)


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