Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melville Davisson Post

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The result was speedy Nom withdrawn. No delete votes TravellingCari 22:09, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Melville Davisson Post

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Contested speedy. Sam ^Blab 23:04, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep and well it ought to have been contested. Author of a dozen of so books by major publishers. Article says that he was "not prolific", but I do not know who the comparison is with. By any reasonable standard an author is both prolific and notable who is the author of 10 short story collections in book form, (one of which is in project Gutenberg, one of which, though Americana, was reprinted in the UK),-- and many collected modern editions, such as Post, M. D. (1977). The complete Uncle Abner. The Mystery library, 4. San Diego: University Extension, University of California. No attempt made to look for secondary sources to confirm it--and even out template above is enough to show them. from G Books, a modern work of criticism from a major publisher: Norton, C. A. (1974). Melville Davisson Post: man of many mysteries. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press. Inclusion in multiple modern anthologies, a few of many Best american mystery stories of the century. (2001). Boston: Mariner Books; Greene, D. G. (1999). Classic mystery stories.. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications. Discussed in many other academic and popular works--see G Books and G S for details. And, finally,. had an O Henry Prize story for 1920. [1]. DGG (talk) 23:57, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep On top of everything DGG said, he's in the American National Biography. Zagalejo^^^ 00:11, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep per DGG and Zagalejo. Found some easy information in Scholar as well. Article needing improvement is not a reason for deletion. TravellingCari 17:07, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 21:23, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Oi! I withdraw. How wrong can one person be? Sam ^Blab 21:36, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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