Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jay Anson

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The result was keep‎. Daniel (talk) 01:26, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jay Anson

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Redirect to The Amityville Horror. I did WP:BEFORE and there are a lot of reviews of The Amityville Horror and notices about his death. I wasn't able to find anything else about him outside of those two events. I checked Archive.org and Google but nothing was jumping out at me. Since I nominated this article if anyone finds some sources please ping me so I can add them to the article and I'll withdraw the nomination. Dr vulpes (Talk) 00:52, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and Authors. Dr vulpes (Talk) 00:52, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: California and New York. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:50, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Restore the redirect. He's not independently notable. As far as I've seen, coverage is always about the book. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:18, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. While Jay Anson published only two books, one of them started a major horror phenomenon. As for his own notability, he had an obituary in The New York Times (link), was the subject of a 1978 profile in the NYT (link), is the focus of this 1979 profile in Writers Digest (link), has entries in books such as Hooked on Horror by Anthony J. Fonseca, and is listed in the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia as one of the authors who helped start the emergence of a new type of horror in the late 20th century (link can be found through Wikipedia Library). And I'm still finding new articles through my research (note: it's easy to miss these articles about Anson b/c they were published in the late 1970s and early '80s). Add in the large number of reviews in a number of publications for Anson's two books and he easily meets WP:Author. Yes, the article needs major work but the proof of notability is there.--SouthernNights (talk) 14:47, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I found additional obituaries of Anson in the LA Times, The Times of London, and the Washington Post. I've also found a 1978 article in People magazine that goes into details of Anson's life while covering the lawsuits and questions over the book, a "Milestones" mention of Anson's death in Time magazine on 3/24/1980, a short obituary in Starburst Magazine, and the same in The American Annual: 1981. Finally and most significantly, he has a detailed entry in The Contemporary Authors New Revision Series (volume 29, 1990, page 19). I know User:Dr_vulpes said to ping if citations were found, but since the citations are unavailable without the correct subscriptions I'd be happy to add them to the article in the coming days if needed.--SouthernNights (talk) 18:06, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet yeah, I was able to find the obituaries which were pretty well done and in-depth. Glad you found the People magazine article! I guess Archive.org doesn't have it or I might have missed it. Just ping me when you've got them in there or if I can access them just point me at them and I'll go ahead and load them in. Then I'll pull the nom. Always makes me glad when people can find sources, it's really frustrating knowing that there's stuff out there that I can't easily access. Thanks @SouthernNights! Dr vulpes (Talk) 07:29, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. There is clearly significant coverage in reliable sources. BilboBeggins (talk) 19:34, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:CREATIVE - a major writer of the 1970s, even though he died shortly after getting success. It’s sometimes difficult to find online sources for someone who lived and died before The Internet. Bearian (talk) 03:36, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. There is no question Anson is notable. (Writing one of the best selling books of the late 1970's.) The article just needs work.Rja13ww33 (talk) 02:40, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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