Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Simonson (mountaineer)

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No widespread coverage in secondary sources for this subject at all. A short momentary period of coverage for the discovery of Mallory's body on Everest, but very little more than that somewhat short-lived event. GuardianH (talk) 21:37, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

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• Keep Google News shows him getting coverage over 20+ years, as recently as 2023 he's being quoted in Everest-related press, and his first big splash was in the 90's. There's a lot more in a news search that could be used to augment the stub as it is currently. Jclemens (talk) 01:16, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
• :The thing is that most (if not all, at least) of those mention him primarily in passing, mostly in connection to the Mallory tragedy, where it seems any of his significance derives. That doesn't inherently make him notable as a result; a variety of secondary sources focusing on Simonson as integral would be concrete. But there's just the obituary memorial in the Tacoma The News Tribune. GuardianH (talk) 03:08, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
• Keep, per the following significant coverage in reliable sources:

:* {{Cite journal |last=Rushton |first=Bruce |date=Dec 2002 |title=Master of the Mountain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iv0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41 |journal=Boys' Life |pages=40–44}}

:* {{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Craig |date=May 20, 2016 |title=Adventurer of the Week: Mountaineer Eric Simonson |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/outdoors/article78682107.html |website=Tacoma News Tribune}}

:* {{Cite news |last=Campbell |first=Murray |date=23 Oct 1999 |title='The bottom line is, the guy died' Since finding the remains of the mysterious George Mallory and losing a close friend, mountaineer Eric Simonson sees things differently |work=The Globe and Mail |pages=A20 |id={{ProQuest|384431077}}}}

:* {{Cite news |last=Acord |first=Deb |date=23 Mar 2000 |title=Everest experts bring mountain home |work=The Gazette; Colorado Springs, Colo. |pages=OUT3 |id={{ProQuest|268196034}}}}

:* {{Cite web |last=Burrough |first=Bryan |title=The Riddle of Everest |url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1999/09/01/the-ridle-of-everest |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}

:Jfire (talk) 22:55, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

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