Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stone fox

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The result was Keep, nomination withdrawn. Non-admin closure. GlassCobra (Review) 22:27, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stone fox[edit]

~~No explanation of notability of book, author has no article or oncoming links, prod was removed.~~ Rigadoun (talk) 04:17, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawing nom, notability established below. Rigadoun (talk) 16:46, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete. Reads like a review or book-jacket blurb. Not notable. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 04:46, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete - no sources, no reason for notability, no reason this article should stay. Zchris87v 05:53, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete per nom. _{Hydrogen Iodide} _(HI!) 06:05, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Um, has anyone actually done any research into this? 270 Amazon customer reviews seems to suggest that this book may deserve an article. I'll see what else I can find. Zagalejo^^^ 06:25, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK. For starters, there this, which suggests the book is widely taught in schools. Plus the following should firmly establish notability:

An obituary of Gardiner which refers to the book as a "best-seller" and "true modern classic"
A review (albeit a poor one) of a made-for-TV movie based on the book
Several mentions in scholarly works
It was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 1980 (Nov. 30, 1980. p. BR4)
It's also mentioned in the book 100 Best Books for Children. I say Strong Keep, although the page should be cleaned up and moved to Stone Fox. Zagalejo^^^ 06:50, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep Excellent work, Zagalejo. The author does have an article, it just wasn't wikilinked within the article and was misspelled). Bláthnaid 10:44, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Ah, yes, the spelling threw me off. Clearly notable; withdrawing nom. I added some of the stuff Zagalejo pulled up to establish that in the article. Thanks, Zagalejo. Rigadoun (talk) 16:46, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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