User talk:Idts

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Notability per WP:NBOOK
I'm writing here to explain why the page was deleted. To put it bluntly, it's because there has been no coverage of this book in places that are both independent of the subject and in reliable places. We need coverage in places such as news articles, from trusted websites such as the Library Journal, or from outlets such as the Horn Book Guide to show notability. Just existing is not enough to show notability. (WP:ITEXISTS) While at one point in time existing was enough to have an article on Wikipedia, over time the ease of publishing has made it necessary for us to be more selective about what we include on here. That's why we now require coverage in multiple reliable sources (WP:RS) to show how something passes notability guidelines. Articles should not be created prior to this. I know that it's hard for self-published and/or indie books to gain coverage, but it's not up to Wikipedia to spur on this coverage. It's entirely up to the publisher and/or author to seek coverage in reliable sources. Once the book has received this, the article can be re-created. The only thing to remember is that what is or isn't usable as a RS is relatively strict, so you cannot use blog sources (except in very, very rare exceptions), merchant sources, or any primary sources to show notability. (WP:PRIMARY, WP:BLOGS) I'd recommend running any sources through Reliable sources/Noticeboard to ensure that they're usable, since you do seem to be relatively new to notability standards for books. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   04:19, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

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