Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Howard McCord

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The result was keep. Tone 06:59, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Howard McCord

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I don't think this article on a professor of creative writing meets WP:GNG, WP:NACADEMIC or WP:WRITER. It has been tagged with notability concerns since 2009. There is only one footnote, which is to the subject's own website. The awards appear to be local except for the Fulbright Program and the Woodrow Wilson, both of which have a very large number of awardees. Tacyarg (talk) 18:08, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment. Some of his collected papers are held by Washington State University (link in the article); it looks like additional collected papers are held by U Delaware [1]. That's at least an indication that these libraries think he's notable. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 11:25, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:21, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I've added 6 reviews of 3 books to the article. While one review is very brief, and two are in smaller/regional publications, I think it's enough for a weak pass of WP:NAUTHOR. The libraries holding his collected papers bring me to a solid keep. Comment that he was active before the internet era, and I'm confident that additional reviews exist (but are hard to find online). Russ Woodroofe (talk) 08:34, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. per Russ. --hroest 17:21, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - following newer sources that have been added by Russ Woodroofe, passes WP:NAUTHOR. --Ashley yoursmile! 04:33, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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