Talk:Diary of a Teenage Girl

These books are very good

Transcluded from my talk page
The following text and my response were posted to my talk page. Ros0709 (talk) 07:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Diary of a Teenage Girl
Why do you have a problem with the DOATG page? It does have a relevant link, how much more relevant can you get then the official website? You can contact me at my page... I'm Watchout4snakes! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Watchout4snakes! (talk • contribs) 23:17, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I have left the link to the official website (not a good reference, by the way - it is not a WP:RS because it is not independent of the subject) but removed the one which took you straight to the "buy now" link because that was a pure commerical link.
 * The article itself has multiple problems:
 * It fails to justify reason for inclusion according to any of the 5 criteria at Notability_(books). This would immediately qualify it for deletion, but it looks like one or more of the criteria can be met so I have not tagged it as a speedy candidate. However, it needs to establish its notability in the article or else it probably will get deleted.
 * The article fails to give any indication of what the subject is. The article title suggests it is the diary of a teenage girl - not that it is about a book with that title. There is nothing in the article itself to suggest it is about a book. There is no mention whatsoever about who wrote it.
 * Even if you realise that this is a book there is still no context. The article launches straight into character biographies without explaining why.
 * There are no links to other articles. The author, if included, would link to the author's page, for example.
 * Whilst a book summary may be a useful section in an article about a book, that alone is not encyclopedic. For Wikipedia to have an full article on the book (rather than a mention on the author's page) it needs to discuss the cultural importance of the book, its critical reception etc.
 * Ros0709 (talk) 07:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

There
What do you think about that Ros0709?--Watchout4snakes! (talk) 18:43, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

AfD
The Articles for Deletion debate has been closed as a "Nomination Withdrawn". There were a lot of sources presented that could (and should) be used to improve this article. The debate, and those sources, may be found here. Best, UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 18:21, 14 August 2008 (UTC)