Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baseball Guy


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The result was   delete. The Bushranger One ping only 02:54, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Baseball Guy

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Lacks reliable independent secondary sources to establish notability as required by WP:GNG. Googling turned up nothing useful. Amazon.com lists it as #331,339 in popularity, meaning that it's not at all popular, likely explaining why I could not find a single review of this book anywhere (not even non-RS reader comments.) Further, the article was written by Mikepjones and the book was written by Gordy Jones, suggesting a likely WP:COI. Finally, the article reads like an WP:Advertisement. Msnicki (talk) 02:54, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete I'm sure Gordy is a nice guy, but... I looked at the web page, and I think Beavers Pond Press is basically a vanity press. This is a self-published book - a well-promoted one, but I see no sign it has seen much interest. Non-notable.Brianyoumans (talk) 03:49, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. I was going to suggest that this be redirected to Gordy Jones, but I'm kind of not seeing a lot on his page that says that he's notable. You might want to nominate him in this same AfD for deletion.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:00, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, saw that someone else has already done it.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:03, 21 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. There's no sources to show that this self-published book is notable in the slightest. Being self-published doesn't automatically mean no notability, but it does mean that it's going to be more likely that it won't have sources.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:03, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:45, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:03, 24 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. Per WP:BKCRIT, in order to establish the notability of a book, it must be shown "the book has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial published works appearing in sources that are independent of the book itself.  This includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, other books, television documentaries and reviews.  Some of these works should contain sufficient critical commentary to allow the article to grow past a simple plot summary.  This excludes media re-prints of press releases, flap copy, or other publications where the author, its publisher, agent, or other self-interested parties advertise or speak about the book."  My Google, Google News and Google News Archive searches of "Baseball Guy Gordy Jones" found the following: (1) nothing but brief, routine newspaper coverage of book signings and the like, mostly in the St. Paul newspaper; (2) promotional/advertising coverage on venders' websites like Barnes & Noble, Amazon, etc.; (3) coverage on baseball-related blogs.  It is pretty clear that the book is not the subject of multiple, non-trivial published works appearing in independent sources, as required by the applicable Wikipedia notability guideline for books.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 21:04, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per Dirtlawyer1 and nom Cyan  Gardevoir  (used EDIT!) 09:46, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
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