Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bright Lights, Dark Places (book)


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The result was   redirect to Debra Gauthier. (non-admin closure) buffbills7701 00:26, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Bright Lights, Dark Places (book)

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Worldcat shows this self-published book in zero libraries. . Apparently the local reviews & appearances weren't enough to make it notable.  DGG ( talk ) 03:42, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - Notability has been shown via secondary sources for a memoir written by a controversial, high-profile female police officer, with local, regional and national coverage, who was a cast member on FOX's "Cops" episodes. Passes WP:GNG. Is notability now determined solely by Worldcat numbers? AuthorAuthor (talk) 07:44, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:22, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete (Redirect per conversation below). I see only one unambiguous book review in a (local) reliable secondary source: Las Vegas Review-Journal - it negates all the other Las Vegas Review-Journal sources since multiple stories from the same source counts as a single source under GNG. The 700 Club article says "She wrote a book" and that's it, trivial coverage. The book signing source is promotional not secondary. BlogTalkRadio is unreliable. The rest don't mention the book at all. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 04:02, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: Perhaps the book article can be redirected to a Wikipedia article about Gauthier? I can start that page. I did a Google search and it appears there are reliable sources that can be cited in an article to show notability about her instead of just about the book. Your thoughts? -AuthorAuthor (talk) 20:29, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Good idea. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 23:13, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Article about Debra Gauthier has been created for redirect. -AuthorAuthor (talk) 22:58, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
 * That article is better since the sources have more significant coverage of the article topic. However, they are still mostly local to LV, but the 700 Club is national and LV is a large area, so it would be a closer call. Personally I'd probably vote Keep if it came up for AfD, if you find more non-local sources it would help. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 17:11, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I found an appointment to a national commission (American Bar Association's Judicial Assessment Commission of the Nevada Supreme Court) in 1999-2000 and added it to the article. AuthorAuthor (talk) 19:40, 19 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect to the page Debra Gauthier. AuthorAuthor (talk) 16:46, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 01:03, 23 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Debra Gauthier - The article for the book is good itself but the article about her covers it better all around. SwisterTwister   talk  22:23, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.