Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Modern Courtesan


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was delete. Mailer Diablo 11:05, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

A Modern Courtesan
Non-notable book. This book is self-published (published by Lulu press, who will publish anything if you pay them to) and its Amazon sales rank leads me to seriously question whether 5000 people have read it, let alone 100. I previously prod'ed the article, but it was removed, and I agree with that removal: we should probably debate this at least. Beyond notability: there's really nothing to write about this book: it's never been reviewed, it has no historical context, and there's nothing worthwhile to say about its author -- essentially, all that can be there is a plot summary. There's a significant lack of verifiable information here. If this page is deleted, A Modern courtesan and "A Modern Courtesan" should also be deleted. Mangojuice 21:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete nn. Google shows 104 hits for the author "Natasha Alatyreva".  Low Amazon rank.  [[Image:Monkeyman.png]]Monkeyman(talk) 22:42, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. Is there a notability guideline for books, separate from authors?  (Full disclosure; I removed the PROD because I wasn't sure what guideline was being applied to determine notability.) - ikkyu2  ( talk ) 22:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Guess I have to agree, this one's a vanity press, plain and simple.  - ikkyu2  ( talk ) 03:45, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fully agree with Mangojuice, the book is irrelevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riczan (talk • contribs)
 * Delete non-notable book. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  10:53, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


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