Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eva Dobell

:{{la|Eva Dobell}} ([{{fullurl:Eva Dobell|wpReason={{urlencode: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eva Dobell}}&action=delete}} delete]) – (View AfD)(View log)

Non-notable nurse who wrote four poems —G716 <^T·_C> 02:42, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

• Delete - Notability has not been established - Boston (talk) 03:50, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - Thanks for making necessary improvements. Boston (talk) 08:23, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. -- —G716 <^T·_C> 02:42, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions. -- —G716 <^T·_C> 02:43, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- —G716 <^T·_C> 02:44, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
• Keep for now he said weakly. I'm not a big fan of poetry-writing nurses (I like poem-writing doctors better), and this one is certainly no Sassoon (though one website claims it's much smoother than Sassoon cause she's a woman...). Still, she has been anthologized twice at least--once in a local vanity-ish collection from 1927, and once in a 1982 collection of "Women’s Poetry and Verse of the First World War"; she is mentioned (granted, briefly) in a recent article in the Journal of Modern Literature; and a local musician who recorded two CDs of 'songs from Gloucestershire' put one of her poems to music. However, I can't find any mention in the MLA or in LION or any of the other usual suspects, including all kinds of biographic and critical databases that list even the minor of the minor. So, Ms. Dobell is the minor of the minor of the minor. I understand perfectly if WP editors want to delete her; the world of literature has suffered greater losses. But I think the few things I dug up (which I've placed on the talk page) can be turned into a small article, and other things may surface. Drmies (talk) 04:18, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

:*Hold the press: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/dec/19/christmas.christmas2004 this] article from The Guardian suggests she must be notable in the UK, even if her poetry is the literary equivalent of muzak, if I understand the article correctly. Drmies (talk) 04:18, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

• Delete. Not notable. -- Mikeblas (talk) 04:28, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

:That's a bit brief. Did you look at the talk page? Drmies (talk) 05:11, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

• Keep per Drmies. A reasonable article, reasonably sourced after Drmies's improvements. 80 gbooks hits.John Z (talk) 20:41, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

:Thanks John. I'm not done--I hope I can get to filling in the blanks in the next week or two. Esp. the biography needs a more solid foundation. I do believe, however, that for a literary figure she achieves notability enough for our purposes--though I'm not ever likely to teach her poetry. ;) Drmies (talk) 23:50, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

• Keep based on numerous sources, numerous anthologies her works have appeared in. Edward321 (talk) 02:52, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

• Withdraw nom per User:Drmies' improvements —G716 <^T·_C> 04:54, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
• So...can I remove the AfD tag myself? I'd be awful proud... Drmies (talk) 00:53, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

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