Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/G. E. Kidder Smith

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The result was keep‎. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:34, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

G. E. Kidder Smith

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Does not appear to pass WP:NBIO, only sources that I could find is one book from 2022 [1] (already cited extensively in the article, and authored in part by is grandson), and his obituary [2] in the NYT. Most of the contents of the article were added by one IP and do not look verifiable. His son Hopkinson Smith looks notable though. Choucas Bleu (T·C) 11:29, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Authors, Architecture, Photography, Military, Alabama, New Jersey, and New York. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 15:42, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
• Keep. A Guggenheim Fellowship and an obituary (not paid death notice) in the New York Times should be enough by themselves. But (unsurprisingly for a prominent author of many books) there are also many book reviews to be found]. I found and added 28 published reviews of 8 books (multiple reviews for each), giving him an overwhelming pass of WP:AUTHOR. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:16, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
• Keep: per the impressive expansion by David Eppstein. Aintabli (talk) 21:42, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
• Keep: per NAUTHOR. Thanks to David Eppstein for his work to find sources. --hroest 16:13, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
• Strong keep - David Eppstein's work well establishes notability beyond any doubt. LadyofShalott 14:12, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

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