Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Apocrypha of the Virgin Mary


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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 23:10, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Apocrypha of the Virgin Mary

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Does not appear to be a notable book. Written in 2003, despite the article author attempting to portray it as New Testament apocrypha. No secondary sources about the book - the two references are to websites selling the book. No coverage found in English or Spanish. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 19:59, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. power~enwiki ( π,  ν ) 19:59, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bible-related deletion discussions. power~enwiki ( π,  ν ) 19:59, 9 September 2020 (UTC)


 * delete I managed to find the book on Amazon, and that is about it. Appears to be some sort of devotional work, judging from the paucity of negative reviews; if it were true NT apocrypha being written about things would be different. There is a real Gospel of Mary but given its nature he is unlikely to have written about it. Mangoe (talk) 22:27, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete if there was enough sourcing to justify the article, I would re-write the opening. The word "false" is too strong. It is written in a preseumed historical voice, a technique employed in a slightly different way by R. Lanier Britsch in his book Nothing More Heroic on the 19th-century efforts of missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in India, written in the voice of A. Milton Musser.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:02, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete: This is a devotional treatise based on the Gospel of Mary, and not the apocrypha text itself. Sources discovered (and translated) show there is no neutral point of view in this text. It is devotional, not academic. --Whiteguru (talk) 12:20, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete The book which appears to be the subject of the article does not meet WP:GNG or WP:BKCRIT. Though various entries about the book appear on Google, almost all of them are from vendors. Modussiccandi (talk) 16:59, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete I could see very few references to thia book, needs more RS to substantiate notability. Deathlibrarian (talk) 05:44, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:SNOW. To add a few nails: this is a WP:FORK and WP:SOAP. Bearian (talk) 18:18, 14 September 2020 (UTC)


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