Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/G. Freeman Allen

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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) 4meter4 (talk) 01:37, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

G. Freeman Allen[edit]

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Unreferenced article since its creation in 2010. For reviewers, the publications listed in the article are works written by the subject, and not sources. A WP:BEFORE search yielded nothing. I couldn't find any reviews on his works, an obituary, or any sources with significant coverage. Fails WP:SIGCOV and WP:NAUTHOR. 4meter4 (talk) 13:02, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:07, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:07, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep – Here's an obituary from The Guardian, opining that he "opened up a forum for transport policy in the sixties and seventies by creating a new style of railway journalism". That would seem to correspond fairly well with WP:NJOURNALIST, which requires that a journalist be "known for originating a significant new concept, theory, or technique." Searching is difficult here, mainly because he is referred to by a large number of names. But the NJOURNALIST pass is, in my view, sufficient to sustain an inference of notability. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:23, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for finding that. I am inclined to agree with you, and I am going to withdraw this nomination momentarily.4meter4 (talk) 01:34, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.