Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roger Treat

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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn (non-admin closure) –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 21:07, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Roger Treat

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~~Unref article on recently deceased person. Wrote books but I'm not seeing him meeting WP:AUTHOR or WP:GNG. Boleyn (talk) 08:35, 27 July 2020 (UTC)~~[reply]

Delete per nom --Devokewater 09:51, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak Delete~~ Keep. His Encyclopedia of Football seems like one of the definitive works in the (niche-ish) field, based on what I've turned up, so that's a small point in favor of WP:AUTHOR criterion 1: … is widely cited by peers or successors. It was also reviewed twice in the NYT; the latter (a "briefly noted") described it as a "standard reference work" in the field. But I can't find any sustained biographical coverage on him that would back up claims in the article. Caveat: I don't have a Newspapers.com subscription, and given that he was primarily a newspaper journalist I'd expect any biographical coverage to appear there. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 19:02, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Spoke too soon. I found obits in the Boston Globe and Washington Post. Will add in a bit. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 19:12, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 19:09, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Sourcing added to article after nom. Also, my search of Newspapers.com reveals abundant coverage of his death in newspapers across the country as well as reviews of his books. Cbl62 (talk) 20:00, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 20:11, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. sources added. --Devokewater 20:14, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Meets WP:GNG per the sources added to the article. Ejgreen77 (talk) 10:45, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Snow Keep nice job adding sources and improving article, clearly exceeds WP:GNG.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:10, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
KEEP sources found proving this person is clearly notable. Dream Focus 14:48, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep With sources such as the Boston Globe and Washington Post calling him an expert, it's hard to see how he doesn't meet criteria 1 of WP:AUTHOR. ----Ahecht (TALK
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Keep per WP:HEY. Enough sources now to either meet WP:BASIC or WP:AUTHOR. Thanks, AleatoryPonderings, for finding those sources and for the article improvement. Obviously this article has needed some love for a long time. - Whisperjanes (talk) 02:50, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Boleyn: Given that the improvements and vote count, would you consider withdrawing? Cbl62 (talk) 15:23, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Withdraw nomination per all the good points made above. Thanks everyone, Boleyn (talk) 15:24, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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