User talk:Beatboxxer111

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Speedy deletion nomination of Scott G. Gibson


A tag has been placed on Scott G. Gibson requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. red dogsix (talk) 01:23, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Making Tracks (novel)


The article Making Tracks (novel) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Self-published (CreateSpace) novel by non-notable author. No indication of notability for this book. Article looks like a promotion for he book.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Peridon (talk) 21:13, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Advice
I'm sorry, but very few self-published books get articles here. Being published by a regular publisher is no guarantee of an article, but books published that way stand a better chance of gaining the notability we seek. It doesn't matter to us whether the book is inspirational or not - it's the coverage in reliable independent sources WP:RS that counts. The policy on notability for people is at WP:BIO (with WP:NAUTHOR too), and WP:GNG (with WP:NBOOK) for books. Goodreads and Amazon don't count as reliable independent sources, and neither do blogs, forums, wordpress or blogspot pages, Facebook etc, Twitter etc, and own sites. I would seriously advise attempting to get with a regular publisher. The royalties per copy are far less, but the sales will be far greater as they have the publicity people to get the book noticed. You also don't have to do your own marketing. Remember how many record companies turned down The Beatles, and how many publishers turned down the first Harry Potter book... Keep trying. Peridon (talk) 21:25, 12 June 2016 (UTC)