Deletion of Florence Scovel Shinn

Comment: restored stub is |unverifiable, vague and weasely ("...may be considered... follow in the tradition of..."). References are poor-quality, give no indication of more than fleeting, tangential mention in passing, and are not given inline citations. They give no indication that they amount to "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" (). Nor does the stub establish that she meets #Creative professionals
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:NOTE||WP:BIO)

Comment: Wondering aloud here -- looking at where it was when I was expanding it herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florence_Scovel_Shinn&oldid=193587592'pared to what it is now (and not only my work has been radically "boned"); and Hrafn's reply on the talk page:  ''For the umpteenth time '''read the bloody policy!''' A comnercial blurb advertising her book for sale is ''not'' a reliable source! Not only is this a clear violation of , it is also a violation of 
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS||WP:PEACOCK)

Comment: Haanel is a fellow New Thought author, not a historian -- so is hardly a  for her life story. Further, the page from his book offers no indication that she was "regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors" (the one thing that Haanel ''is'' qualified to speak to
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)

Comment: easily meets  and . The article needs substantial improvement, but that's not a reason to delete. This author is notable for writing a modest historic classic of the affirmation genre,  ''The Game of Life and How to Play it''. That little 96 page book has been published around the world in many languages and adapted into just about every format a book can be in - print, audio, anthologies, even card decks...  The author gets over 600 hits in Google Books - not web pages, but mentions in printed books. Definitely, this is a keeper
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:N)