Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fern Shumate

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The result was no consensus. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:55, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fern Shumate

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I can't make sense of this. The only reference is for someone else, and although the books etc exist, a quick search failed to find a link between this name and the pseudonyms. If she is notable, still needs rewriting Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:16, 5 November 2014 (UTC) Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:16, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: There are a couple of book mentions of the subject ([1] which confirms the "Nancy Clemens" pen name and [2] which contradicts the husband's name from the first paragraph though), but such brief mentions fall short of demonstrating notability. AllyD (talk) 08:09, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:10, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:10, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'm working on this. There were citations hidden in the text which I fixed. Unfortunately some of them were original research. I found the VIAF identifier for her, but even the libraries were confused by her many pseudonyms and none of them included any reference to her name as Fern Shumate. I did find one of her books under the Gish name in a bibliography. I don't know if I can bring this up to notability, but I hope folks will be open-minded -- this is some truly pulpy pulp fiction from the 30's and 40's and it would be nice not to lose the bit of info that we have about this writer. She may never surface again. LaMona (talk) 04:46, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar ♔ 17:13, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar ♔ 12:49, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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