Talk:The Crime Club

Links
The pertinant policy is WP:EL. Commercial links are disallowed. The first link was a big in-your-face ad. Regardless of any other content, it can therefore not be linked to. The second link was a blog. Linking to blogs is also specifically disallowed. Sorry, guys. &mdash;Hanuman Das 04:56, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Oppose merger
There is no need to merge this article as there is plenty of precedent for imprints to have their own. See Target Books for just one precedent. 23skidoo 12:46, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose - The Crime Club had a significant life of it's own quite distinct from the parent Doubleday. It needs epanding, however taking information away and not replacing it, does not help in that respect, even if the sources counld have been improved. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  13:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I took some time searching for sources that meet WP policies and guidelines (WP:V) and WP:RS). I couldn't find any that were suitable. Everything I could find was commercial. Perhaps other editors will have better luck, or perhaps there are printed sources. But if sources cannot be found, it will be impossible to expand the article. That's why I proposed the merger. If sources can be found, I will be happy for the article to remain separate. &mdash;Hanuman Das 14:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * In response to this, there is no Wikipedia policy that states that all articles must be expandable. Otherwise we'd end up losing articles on deceased persons of whom knowledge can no longer be added. The Crime Club existed; this was proven by the links that were deleted (In my opinion, the blog prohibition on Wikipedia needs to be removed as it's an outdated policy, however that's a debate for another forum, not here). There is a tag that requests expansion of the article. That works perfectly fine in getting people's attention. If this article is moved or deleted you do realize there are literally dozens of articles that will need to be changed, right? 23skidoo 16:27, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Why? That's what redirects are for. All links to this article would simply go to Doubleday (publisher) automatically, where there would be a section for "The Crime Club". Still, I hope sources can be found as I see the majority would prefer to keep it separate... &mdash;Hanuman Das 00:43, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * We're supposed to avoid redirects whenever possible, not encourage them -- especially when relating to separate terms like this (I'm not talking about alternate spellings or name variations). It's just like redlinks. You see a redlink, you're supposed to create an article to make it turn blue. Are you doubting the existence of this imprint? All you need do is pick up any American edition of a Leslie Charteris novel and its there, plain as day. 23skidoo 16:01, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I oppose this proposed merged for the reasons stated above. Hayford Peirce 16:58, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Godeycrime.jpg
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