Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vincent M. Holt

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The result was delete‎. Daniel (talk) 07:20, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Vincent M. Holt[edit]

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Biography of a writer, not properly sourced as passing our notability criteria for writers. The principal notability claim here is that his book exists, which isn't automatically enough in and of itself in the absence of a demonstrable WP:GNG pass for it, but the sourcing isn't getting him over GNG: it consists of one short newspaper blurb from 1885 that verifies the existence of the book without even naming the author at all, and one newspaper article from 2008 that isn't substantively about Vincent Holt or the book, but just glancingly namechecks their existence in the process of being fundamentally about the concept of the same dietary practice that the book was about. So these sources are acceptable but not enough, and he would have to have more than this to actually pass GNG. Bearcat (talk) 17:35, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 17:35, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 07:30, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 07:30, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as there are many book references available. The book is an undergound classic. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:45, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - A commenter on an internet forum suggests the author's full name was Vincent Morshead Holt Beever, a solicitor who died in 1916. "His father was a Welsh clergyman, and his mother was from Brazil," it is added. This for what it is worth. Carrite (talk) 10:02, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:10, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 01:14, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete very weak sourcing used, not much found otherwise. The individual existed, but we don't have enough in RS to build an article. Oaktree b (talk) 03:56, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete. The nom sums up the existing sources on the article and other available sourcing perfectly. All the article says about the subject is he wrote a manifesto in 1885. I don't see how any serious statement can be made to keep this. There is nothing notable or important about this in the Wikipedia sense. Saucysalsa30 (talk) 03:20, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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