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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure)‎ 〜 Festucalex • talk 01:16, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Isaiah Sellers (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Fails WP:GNG. Only notable for a few paragraphs, written by Samuel L. Clemens, in which Sellers is claimed to have been the first to use the pseudonym Mark Twain. Sellers is only discussed in two academic papers in American Literature and Mark Twain Journal, both in relation to Clemens' claim. This is already addressed fully is the main Mark Twain article, and not many details are known about Sellers for any substantial expansion to his article. 〜 Festucalex • talk 19:27, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Literature and United States of America. 〜 Festucalex • talk 19:27, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• "Sellers is only discussed in two academic papers" - not true. See "Mark Twain's Nom de Plume: Some Mysteries Resolved" ProQuest 1306131770 (biographical details such as death), "A Proposed Calendar of Samuel Clemens's Steamboats, 15 April 1857 to 8 May 1861, with Commentary" ProQuest 1306139746 (biographical details such as boats worked; reproduction of Sellers' monument; discussing a report that placed Sellers and Clemens together in 1880), "Samuel Clemens' Magical Pseudonym" ProQuest 1290849714 (unearthing some Clemens-Sellers relationship; analysis), "From Sam Clemens to Mark Twain: Sanitizing the Western Experience" JSTOR 10.5325/marktwaij.12.1.0113 (more of the same), Critical Companion to Mark Twain: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work (good amount of biographical information such as place of birth).
  Sellers probably died in 1864 and Clemens took the name in 1863. There is additional biographical information about Sellers -- such as his (il)literacy, captaincy, early life, migration west -- that is undue for Clemens' article and should not be repeated there. Significant coverage in several reliable sources, some of which is inappropriate for deletion or alternatives to deletion ... Urve (talk) 00:01, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  I don't know how I missed this. Withdrawing. 〜 Festucalex • talk 01:16, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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