Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2012: Appointment With Marduk


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The result was   delete. Wizardman 00:09, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

2012: Appointment With Marduk

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Now, the AfD template has been categorized with "fiction", which points right to the problem: this book does not claim to be fiction, but science. I do understand that such works do not necessarily fail the notability standard, e.g. if they caused significant public interest. In this case, though, a google search for "marduk 2012 belem" produces not even 500 hits, compared to e.g. > 200000 for "zeitgeist movie peter joseph" (a more popular conspiracy theorist). Also, the article does not make clear that this book is not up to scientific standards; it is merely called "unorthodox". Now, anyone may print anything he likes in a book. Wikpedia, though, as an encyclopedia has some standards regarding rationality and seriousness, and should not make itself a vehicle for the uncritical promotion of such nonsense. -- 790 ♫ 18:00, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete- yes, all this Nibiru stuff is a load of crap, but as long as it has been discussed in enough depth by enough reliable sources it passes WP:N and we should have an article about it. That's not the case here, however. I can find a fair few hits for this book, but none of them seem to do more than just mention it. Delete per not passing WP:N. Reyk  YO!  04:07, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * There's a lot more ghits if you search for the original title. I didn't spot any reliable sources among them, but I can't read most of the languages. Delete, with no prejudice against recreation if reliable sources can be found or if that planet shows up in 2012. -- Amalthea Talk 20:10, 28 August 2008 (UTC)


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