Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Shropshire

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The result was keep. Withdrawn as promised, I appreciate the comments. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 01:02, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Shropshire

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I made an attempt to source and verify this article, but wasn't able to find very much of substance. I would normally PROD, but I think there's just enough sourcing that I would prefer a discussion of whether the available sourcing meets WP:NAUTHOR points 1 or 3.

I apologize in advance; they are on Highbeam and are only accessible in full with a subscription.

[1]: this article discusses the Texas Rangers, mentioning Shropshire and his book for a few short paragraphs about halfway through
[2]: The bottom of this article relays an anecdote from Shropshire, but isn't otherwise about him
[3]: probably the best source, a lengthy review of his book Seasons in Hell
[4]: an overview of football books that mentions Shropshire's book Ice Bowl

Sources on Google Books and News were mostly by him, with a few trivial name-drops thrown in. Newspapers.com had nothing substantial about him, only name-drops and things like "sportswriter Mike Shropshire had this to say".

I am not strongly arguing for deletion here, so if the discussion tends toward thinking those sources are enough for a pass of WP:NAUTHOR, I am happy to withdraw. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:32, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 05:01, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 05:01, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 05:01, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the nominator, who has demonstrated the notability of this topic. Satisfies GNG and AUTHOR. Searches such as "Seasons in Hell" shropshire books do produce relevant results in GBooks such as this book review in Aethlon: [5]. Likewise a search for "thorny rose of texas" books returns results such as book reviews in Current Publications in Legal and Related Fields: [6] and Library Journal [7]. Even a search for "Mike Shropshire" produces things like: [8] (Hint: You need to look through all of the search results). On the main web there are sources such as this book review: [9]. And I could go on, but I think I'll stop there. And there are nearly two thousand holdings of his books in WorldCat libraries: [10]. James500 (talk) 17:03, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep scads of reviews of his books come up in a news archive search. Rave reviews. A very popular sports writer. Article needs improvement. E.M.Gregory (talk) 00:45, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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