Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drinking the Moon


 * 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   redirect to Masiela Lusha. The "keep" opinions do not address the arguments for deletion.  Sandstein  09:08, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Drinking the Moon

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Non notable book. Article consists of just a list of poems with nothing else. sources provided are to the authors own website and a self publishing company. noq (talk) 16:49, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Book is inherently notable because of the notability of its writer. Once you do some research on other poetry articles you will see that that all anthology collections have a list of poems. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PeterRoyce (talk • contribs) 16:53, 2 October 2010 (UTC) more resources related to the book: http://www.seventeen.com/cosmogirl/masiela-lusha http://reelladies.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/reel-lady-masiela-lusha/ http://www.thestarscoop.com/interviews/masiela-lusha-exclusive-interview/ http://www.amazon.com/Drinking-Moon-Masiela-Lusha/dp/0805971084 —Preceding unsigned comment added by PeterRoyce (talk • contribs) 16:58, 2 October 2010 (UTC)  — PeterRoyce (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Your references just show the existence not the notability of the book. Please read WP:BK for the appropriate notability guidelines. noq (talk) 17:41, 2 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment - Books are not inherently notable because of who wrote them, like everything else they need significant coverage in reliable sources to establish notability.  GB  fan  17:47, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:12, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

I do not believe weighing the level of notability applies here. As a celebrity, who ever that person marries, gives birth to, creates, dates, writes, publishes is considered notable... inherently so. Otherwise, thousands of articles on wiki should not even exist. To weigh a book as to whether it is relevant should only apply if the writer is just as new as the book, and the book carries the writer's worth and therefore should be weighed in relevance. But when the writer is a celebrity, whatever that celebrity creates for the public, (movie, books, children, dates) are relevant. I can give you an entire list of people, books, and children who shouldn't even be up there if it weren't for the notability of someone else. Please consider this. Thank you. PeterRoyce (talk) 23:57, 2 October 2010 (UTC)


 * You might want to take a look at Notability (books). #5 is similar to what you are saying, but I do not believe Masiela Lusha meets that description.  So I would say that this book fails Notability (books) and also fails Notability.  If I am missing something let me know.   GB  fan  02:45, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, / ƒETCH COMMS  /  00:24, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to author's article, Masiela Lusha. TJRC (talk) 18:28, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Redirect to Masiela Lusha. I can't find sufficient reliable sources to establish independent notability here. 28bytes (talk) 05:14, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: It illustrates what Masiela Lusha is writing about. -- Tomdo08 (talk) 20:39, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: Shows what Masiela Lusha is writing about. Google search = topic is notable.  -  Ret.Prof (talk) 22:20, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Comnment Another google search shows nothing of value. Your search includes more general discussion of Lusha. noq (talk) 11:33, 13 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. Celebrity vanity projects lack independent notability. There's no article on Terry Bradshaw's album of Christmas songs, or Art Garfunkel's book of "prose poems". Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 23:01, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Masiela Lusha per the lack of reliable sources that give Drinking the Moon more than one or two tangential mentions. I concur with 's analysis of the sources posted by, in that none of the sources significantly discuss Drinking the Moon. Cunard (talk) 07:53, 17 October 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.