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Proposed deletion of Mthunzi's Reed Mats (novel)


The article Mthunzi's Reed Mats (novel) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Non-notable author, book fails WP:GNG.

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Proposed deletion of Janie House


The article Janie House has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. Eeekster (talk) 20:31, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mthunzi's Reed Mats (novel)


The article Mthunzi's Reed Mats (novel) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Non-notable novel lacking ghits and Gnews. Fail WP:NOTBOOK.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

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. red dog six (talk) 20:38, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Janie House


A tag has been placed on Janie House 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 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.

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Nomination of Mthunzi's Reed Mats (novel) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mthunzi's Reed Mats (novel) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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How do I keep my articles that I worked so hard on from being being deleted
How do I keep my articles that I worked so hard on from being being deleted? Therealjcvd (talk) 21:03, 24 March 2013 (UTC)


 * You may want to have a look at Wikipedia's notability guidelines, especially WP:NBOOK and WP:AUTHOR. To be considered notable enough for a Wikipedia article, a topic must have been the subject of significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, such as newspaper articles written about the subject or reviews published in reputable literary magazines. Articles nominated for deletion, such as Mthunzi's Reed Mats (novel), will be discussed for a week, so you have some time to address the concerns and to add reliable sources to the article. The article on the author is tagged for speedy deletion and may be deleted a lot quicker. If reliable sources discuss Janie House in some detail, you should add them to the article immediately to show she's notable - Amazon is not a reliable source. Huon (talk) 21:25, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, mostly I made the page for practice but since it was a real book I didn't think it would hurt Wikipedia. I highly doubt there are too many people out there looking for information on Mthunzi's Reed Mat. Advice much appreciated. Therealjcvd (talk) 21:30, 24 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I'd say you have three possible courses of action. Firstly, you can try and find independent, reliable sources to bring the article in line with Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Secondly, if you're certain that such sources do not exist, you can speed things up by adding  to the top of the article - that will nominate it for speedy deletion. Thirdly, you can simply do nothing - then the AfD discussion will run its course and the article will probably be deleted in a week. Huon (talk) 21:40, 24 March 2013 (UTC)