Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/10 Honest Thoughts on Being Loved by a Skinny Boy


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The result was delete. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 00:57, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

10 Honest Thoughts on Being Loved by a Skinny Boy

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I don't see how this subject meets WP:GNG. While some reliable sources have posted "articles" about the poem, these articles have basically no analysis of the subject beyond a paragraph. On closer inspection, the most substantial source cited in the article doesn't actually mention the poem, and instead focuses on another poem by the same writer with a similar theme. If we had an article about Rachel Wiley, or about the book this was published in I would redirect this title to there (and it does appear very likely to me that at least Wiley is notable), but we don't so I'm bringing this to AfD. signed,Rosguill talk 21:33, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. signed,Rosguill talk 21:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete Apparently I forgot to file an SPI based on the edits to this article. Too late now, probably. In any event, there's a lot of Button Poetry-related promo and refspam that gets added regularly wherever possible in the encyclopedia. The pattern is typically: Button Poetry direct links + blogs w/YouTube links to Button Poetry + any tangential mention of the author + copy/paste from author's own bio = article. This poem is not independently notable, the coverage is not significant, and I suspect the real purpose is to get more Button Poetry links (which typically go to pages with fundraising/merch links) into Wikipedia. So, WP:GNG or WP:NOTPROMO, take your pick. Bakazaka (talk) 23:12, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination and Bakazaka commentary, as above. -The Gnome (talk) 11:26, 17 April 2019 (UTC)


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