Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Long (writer)

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The result was keep. JBW (talk) 21:16, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff Long (writer)[edit]

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No reliable independent sources establishing notability; searches have produced nothing that would meet criteria for inclusion on Wikipedia Drevolt (talk) 07:36, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:40, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. TJMSmith (talk) 00:49, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Randykitty (talk) 08:14, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The Boardman Tasker award is well known in its subject area. There's three paragraphs of biographical detail which also states he "twice won Best Magazine Article at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival; and received the Boardman Tasker and American Alpine Club literary awards": Coda. By: OSIUS, ALISON, Climbing Ascent 2022, Issue 382, p60. Another couple of paras of bio here: Behind the scenes. Climbing Iss. 197, (Sep 15, 2000): 16. There is also a short bio in The Writers Directory (available via WL), which at least gives some basic bio details as well as confirming the list of books. There's also an entry in Contemporary Authors (sadly only indexed by WL). His bio at Baker & Taylor Author Biographies states The Descent was a New York Times bestseller; there are reviews for this in Publishers Weekly. May 24, 1999, Vol. 246 Issue 21, 64; Graybill, Alicia. Library Journal 5/1/1999, Vol. 124, Issue 8, and Peter Mergendahl Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO). July 4, 1999, 4E. The Ascent was reviewed in Planton, S. Library Journal. 6/1/1992, Vol. 117 Issue 10, p177. and Publishers Weekly. April 13, 1992, Vol. 239 Issue 18, p40. Deeper is reviewed: David Pitt (July 1, 2007) Booklist vol. 103, no. 21, 1 July 2007, p. 35 and Cifelli, Laura A. B. Library Journal. 7/1/2007, Vol. 132 Issue 12, p81. Year Zero is reviewed: Graybill, Alicia. Library Journal. 4/15/2002, Vol. 127 Issue 7, p126 and Zaleski, Jeff. Publishers Weekly. 4/22/2002, Vol. 249 Issue 16, p51–52. The Reckoning is reviewed Cifelli, Laura A. B. Library Journal. 7/15/2004, Vol. 129 Issue 12, p72. Empire of Bones is reviewed in Publishers Weekly. Jan 18, 1993, Vol. 240 Issue 3, p450. The Wall is reviewed in Adams, Michael. Magill Book Reviews. 11/01/2006. There is lots more on WL Ebsco search but that seems enough to meet WP:AUTHOR. I think the reason reviews aren't easy to find on the web is the pre-internet date of the earlier and better-known books (his first is 1987). Espresso Addict (talk) 22:41, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 08:24, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Along with the above information and references I looked at the books. They are all still available (I added dates and ISBN numbers) so I see no reason why the subject does not clear WP:NAUTHOR.

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 08:22, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: not the best-written article but that doesn't equate to deletion. The subject still meets notability guidelines as based above.GR86 (📱) 17:18, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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