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W. R. Moses

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Non-notable poet. I find no biographies of him at all and even his Goodreads page suggests no-one cares... The references in the article either link to his poetry or simply prove that he existed without establishing notability. — Iadmc♫^talk  05:48, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist ^{(Speak quickly)} _{(Follow my trail)} 07:16, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist ^{(Speak quickly)} _{(Follow my trail)} 07:16, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist ^{(Speak quickly)} _{(Follow my trail)} 07:16, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

• Keep Well-known 20th cen American poet. I have added a a book about him and 4 other poets by Paul Goodman I also added a review of 1 of Moses' books, other reviews of his books are easy to find by clicking JSTOR on tool bar above. Suggest Nom withdraw this obvious keep.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:52, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
  • The book you added (Five Young American Poets) was a compilation of his and other's poetry not a review and is already in the article. — Iadmc♫^talk  13:15, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

My error.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:41, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

• • Jstor: "No results found" — Iadmc♫^talk  13:16, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

• JSTOR shows 6 reviews of his work, [1] on search of: W.R.Moses, 15 hits [2] on search of "W.R. Moses" - with a space.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:41, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

And when I click JSTOR on the toolbar at the top of this page, I get 185 hits. all appear to be this W.R., they include reviews and front matter but appear overwhelmingly to link to his poems as published by literary magazines.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:49, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

• WP:HEYMANN. I did a quick, minor, expand/source of this article on a prima facie notable poet brought here by an editor who suffers from a severe case of the endemic Wikipedia's WP:SYSTEMIC bias, recentism. A disease brought on by the failure simple, quick searches to instantly discover notability for individuals like Moses whose careers took place in the ancient period (in this case, the mid-20th century). Lots more sources exist on this poet whose books were reviewed in obscure periodicals including the Washington Post, Hartford Courant, and New York Times. End of rant.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:15, 16 January 2017 (UTC)