Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brooding (Heartland Chronicles)


 * 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 was   Speedy delete g11, ad for selfpublished book. NawlinWiki (talk) 16:50, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Brooding (Heartland Chronicles)

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Contested PROD. Self-published novel of limited notability. No article for the author, Google search on ("Brooding: The Heartland Chronicles" "Andy Williamson") shows only 56 unique results. MikeWazowski (talk) 01:44, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Just because this is a novel that is self published should not mean that this article should be deleted. There are other articles which are much more irrelevant, and smaller. Several articles on books provide only the author's name, as well as a summery or synopsis. Nothing more. This article provides more, and it shall expand with time. There is currently a page about the author, though it looks as though it shall be deleted. However, just because there is no page about the author does not mean that a book's page can be deleted, as per Wikipedia rules and guidelines. This existence of this book as well as the author is shown in a direct link to the website of this novel. In my opinion there seems to be no reason for this page to be deleted. Broodingfan (talk) 03:10, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Saying that there are other articles on Wikipedia that are worse than this one is generally not considered a strong argument in a deletion discussion. Furthermore, there are so many books published that Wikipedia has notability guidelines for books. For a book to be considered notable enough for a Wikipedia article, it is not enough to show that it exists. Rather, a novel of this sort would normally qualify as notable (if it does qualify) by virtue of receiving multiple published reviews (such as in newspapers and magazines) or other media coverage along those lines. Currently, this article has no sources other than links to the book's own official site. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:33, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 14:21, 24 August 2011 (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.