Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edgar Harrell
No evidence the book achieved |notability, or that the author did. From the guideline Wikipedia:Notability (people):"A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of published3 secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent,4 and independent of the subject.5" Writing a book does not guarantee an encyclopedia article about either the book or the author. Being on a ship sunk in a war likewise does not provide inherent notability. Surviving a catastrophe does not provide automatic notability, any more than being killed in such an event does. That said, the entire book can be read at Google Books http://books.google.com/books?id=bgmIMrsnpZgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Out+intitle:of+intitle:the+intitle:Depths&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES#PPA234,M1 and I have no doubt of Harrell being a survivor of the sinking. He says (p162) that an interview with him was published in the Louisville Times, August 15, 1945. Someone with access to microfilm of the paper could verify the basic survivor status by finding it. But being a survivor of a ship sinking would in no way show that he should have an article
— User:Edison, 16:51, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:N (Wikipedia:Notability)