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The result was ‎ keep, withdrawn with the only remaining delete opinion struck. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:16, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Beverly J. Stoeltje (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Fails WP:NPROF. No coverage. Been on the cat:nn list for 10+ years and no indication of being notable. scope_creep^Talk 12:24, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Women, and Texas. Shellwood (talk) 13:34, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment, leaning keep. GS citations look moderate, in what must be relatively low-citation fields. There's detailed coverage of some of her research in JSTOR 48653856 and possibly in JSTOR j.ctt175758p.23, JSTOR j.ctt9qhh6t.9, JSTOR 10.2307/j.ctv1jf2cpk.13, JSTOR j.ctt24hz78.12, JSTOR 10.2307/jj.14491732.10 & JSTOR /j.ctt80pj4.6. (all books that are preview only) plus some short reviews of her edited books, but with 147 JSTOR hits it's hard to see which might be significant. Not seeing a pressing need to delete. Espresso Addict (talk) 04:11, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Her CV is here. (There is mention of a second authored book in preparation in 2022, but I can't find evidence of publication.) There is also an appreciation of her work by a colleague, at her retirement, and an oral history interview with some indept introductory material from a different university. Espresso Addict (talk) 19:25, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Also three or four pages of discussion on her work in Sara L. Spurgeon. Exploding the Western: Myths of Empire on the Postmodern Frontier (only first page is previewable). Espresso Addict (talk) 19:49, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Quite a lot in Olaf Hoerschelmann. Rules of the Game: Quiz Shows And American Culture. Espresso Addict (talk) 19:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak delete. I'm seeing nontrivial GS citations, but even in a low citation field I'm looking for a little stronger record on the highest cited publications. I believe this to be a "book field", but I see at most one authored book, and I didn't find any reviews. I do not put much weight on particular citations to her work. The article is a well put-together stub, and I agree about no pressing need to delete, but I'm also not yet seeing a pass of any notability criteria. Watching in case better evidence of notability emerges. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 08:51, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Russ Woodroofe Are you sure this is a book field? There seem to be several flourishing academic journals in this area. Espresso Addict (talk) 19:25, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  I think that many fields where the main routes to impact flow through books do have academic journals. I could be wrong here about the field, but I am still seeing citations that look scant to establish notability, and nothing else that passes the average professor test. FWIW, subject's CV is here [1]. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 19:43, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Striking !vote; still looks a bit marginal to me, but I certainly don't feel strongly enough to block withdrawal of nomination. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 21:12, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Passes criteria 1 WP:NACADEMIC. She does have a large number of citations for a small citation field. In addition to the sources found by Espresso Addict, her research is cited in several literature reviews as important in google books. These include: "Feminist Approaches to Folklore" in American Folk Lore: An Encyclopedia, Fieldwork and the Self: Changing Research Styles in Southeast Asia, "Festivals" in The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, "Folklore" in The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia, and "Feminist Perspectives in Folklore Scholarship" in Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art, Second Edition.. She also referenced in the chapters "Assessing Tourism Goals" in I'm Feeling the Blues Right Now: Blues Tourism and the Mississippi Delta, "Modernity in Folklore" in The Passeggiata and Popular Culture in an Italian Town: Folklore and the Performance of Modernity, "The Present" in Charrería Mexicana: An Equestrian Folk Tradition, "His Life and Work" in The Legacy of Américo Paredes. The "Overview Essay" in Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife describes her as one of the "official foremothers of feminist folkloristics" on page lxvi.4meter4 (talk) 20:25, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I think it is more than borderline notable now. More so even. Generally if there is a oral history interview, which i've seen with other folk, e.g. holocaust survivors, which I didn't see here when I did the before- it tends to show a level of importance within a certain group within society that indicates notability which is not always visible and that combined with the various book editions that have been surfaced and the citation count, is more than enough I think. I think if everybody is ok with it, I can withdraw this. scope_creep^Talk 20:53, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Nomination Withdrawn The subject is notable. scope_creep^Talk 21:17, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]