Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cryptid Hunters


 * 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   keep both. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:13, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Cryptid Hunters

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Completing nomination for IP. See talk pages.  Jujutacular  T · C 19:15, 14 June 2010 (UTC) Cryptid Hunters fails the criteria in that is has not been the subject of multiple, non-trivial works. It has not won a major literary award. It has not inspired a movie, event or religion. It is not the subject of instruction at schools. And the author is not historically significant. Also nominating Tentacles (novel) for the same reason. 76.102.25.93 (talk) 18:57, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  — Jujutacular  T · C 19:26, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep Google news search for "Cryptid Hunters" and "Roland Smith" shows results. The summary of the first is from Tampa Tribune, but you can't read the article without paying for it, so you have to rely on just the search result summary: "What prompted Roland Smith to become an award winning children's ... The most popular he said is Cryptid Hunters".

http://www.rolandsmith.com/awards/index.htm
 * Cryptid Hunters
 * Cryptid Hunters makes the 2008 Nene recommended reading list of Hawaii!
 * 2007-2008 South Carolina Junior Book Award
 * 2007-2008 Mark Twain List
 * 2006-2007 Texas Lone Star List
 * 2007 Colorado Children's Book Award
 * 2006-2007 Sunshine State Young Readers Award winner.
 * 2007 Nevada Young Readers Award winner
 * 2006-2007 Black-eyed Susan Award

Its on a lot of reading list, and has won a lot of awards.  D r e a m Focus  01:34, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep - as per WP:NBOOK, User:Dream Focus's extensive work/copyedits and reliable sources showing that this is an award winning author (see Cryptid Hunters primarily and also edits to Tentacles (novel)) who has written 25 books. Criteria #1, #4 and #5 are met. moreno oso (talk) 03:00, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Cryptid Hunters per improvements to the article by Morenooso and Dream Focus, and per sources in current version of the article satisfying both the general and specific notability requirements for books. - DustFormsWords (talk) 06:26, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Tentacles (novel) - Sources for this sequel are not sufficient to pass the notability requirements as they are either not independent, are sales ranking statistics (not probative of anything) or are directory-style listings. And did I mention how much I hate multiple nominations in a single discussion, for exactly this reason? - DustFormsWords (talk) 06:31, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - Multiple reliably sourced citations showing Tentacles (novel) is on readings lists from college programs for children to charter and regular schools has been introduced into the article. Criteria #5 had been previously demonstrated (the author and his other work slated for deletion have been proved notable). Criteria #4 is now met by this book being "the subject of instruction at multiple grade schools, high schools, universities or post-graduate programs". moreno oso (talk) 14:01, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - Sources added to the article demonstrate that "the book is the subject of instruction at multiple grade schools, high schools, universities or post-graduate programs in any particular country". It therefore passes criterion #4 of WP:NBOOK and should be considered notable. - DustFormsWords (talk) 23:06, 15 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep Tentacles also, since now it has been found its on a lot of notable reading list.  D r e a m Focus  06:31, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:SNOW. Passes WP:NBOOK.   Snotty Wong   talk 22:34, 16 June 2010 (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.