Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Simpson (Poets' Club founder)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 21:19, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Simpson (Poets' Club founder)

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~~One line, 17-year-old article lacking inline citations. Two obscure sources listed a separate references. Article subject fails WP:GNG and lacks significant coverage~~. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 19:53, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Nomination withdrawn. Thanks to the efforts of Piecesofuk, this is no longer the one-sentence article I found it to be when nominated, but a multiple-sourced, small biography worthy of Wikipedia. Request close as keep. Thanks, Piecesofuk. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 13:35, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Poetry, and United Kingdom. Shellwood (talk) 19:57, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Notability has not been demonstrated. Perhaps offline sources could provide more information, but until then this should not be kept around. Toadspike (talk) 20:09, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
On ISBN 9780198112341 page 458 this person is literally a 1-sentence footnote in history. Sadly, that's as much as I can find in any source. No-one has documented in depth the life and works of Scottish banker Henry Roberts, founder and sometime president of the Poets Club, and friend of Charles G. D. Roberts. Uncle G (talk) 20:36, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I think he passes notability. There's a fair few mentions in the British Newspaper Archive. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and awarded an Honorary Life Fellowship for Services to Poetry and Letters, he was also Honorary Treasurer... Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 10 May 1947 He also didn't die in 1939 as the previous article shows Piecesofuk (talk) 16:30, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Article about the Poet's Club and Henry Simpson in the Graphic - Saturday 20 November 1909 Review of one of his books of poetry in the Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 17 January 1910 (the book is available on archive.org https://archive.org/details/faryflute00simpiala/mode/2up) Piecesofuk (talk) 16:39, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The subject was a fellow and honorary treasurer of the Royal Society of Literature, and he wrote three books of poetry, which were all reviewed, plus the award of an Honorary Life Fellowship for Services to Poetry and Letters. Notability is also clearly shown in newspaper archives. Clearly passes guidelines for WP:GNG and easily meets WP:BIO. -AuthorAuthor (talk) 08:02, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:HEY by Piecesofuk.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 19:29, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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