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Nomination of William M. John for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article William M. John is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William M. John until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 10:18, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Saturday Review

Nice work on William M. John. Just curious: did you find the reviews in Saturday Review online somewhere? I couldn't find them anywhere. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 19:41, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

My answer for that is rather unfortunate. I discovered a website called The Unz Review, which has a well catalogued archive of turn-of-the-century publications. However, upon further research, the same website is known for purveying "a mix of far-right and far-left anti-Semitic crackpottery." As soon as I realized this, I knew it would be completely irresponsible to link to such a site. (This is also unfortunate because I can't seem to find another citation for John's story "Emma and Frank" aside from eBay listings.) ThrillShow (talk) 21:41, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Hm, how bizarre! I was expecting to find old Saturday Reviews on HathiTrust or the Internet Archive, but unfortunately had no luck. (I think this is because a 1929 issue would still be in copyright for another few years). Just for clarity: I had no doubt that John's work had been reviewed in the Review; was just interested about how you had scrounged up the relevant issues. Thanks again for your work on the article, and for your thanks on my talk :) AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 22:06, 15 December 2020 (UTC)