Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herman Smith

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The result was delete. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:19, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Herman Smith

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Not sure why or how the subject complies with WP:CREATIVE. I Googled "Books of Herman Smith" and barely any high-quality articles came up Isaw, but again, who I am to judge? Article seems to have been created as a reaction to the subject's death. Sp33dyphil ^{"Ad astra"} 22:46, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I'm not sure how a web search for such a specific phrase tells us anything about notability of a subject who was mostly active in the pre-Internet era, and many articles about notable subjects are created in reaction to their deaths, that being a time when reliable sources are likely to be published. In this case a much more telling indication is that a Worldcat search doesn't seem to find either the author or his "best known" work. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:00, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:GNG. Stuartyeates (talk) 06:28, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There aren't any references here, and I couldn't find any to add (admittedly, I only looked online for 5 minutes). Notability not asserted. Colon el Tom 09:39, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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