Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Levy


 * 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 merge to The Beast Within (novel). Stifle (talk) 11:15, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Edward Levy

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Does not appear to meet WP:AUTHOR, can't find any coverage in reliable sources, there was a reference in an earlier version of the page that is no longer an active link but I do not believe it was enough to satisfy WP:GNG. J04n(talk page) 14:02, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. J04n(talk page) 14:02, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:07, 26 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fails WP:NAUTHOR. His only possibly notable novel The Beast Within is only possibly notable for being adapted into The Beast Within. Two degrees of separation is two too many. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 14:35, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - Unfortunately for him, Levy appears to be a cult author who hasn't done much in years. The New York Times gave his first book a mostly positive review.  A Google scan from one of his books reveals that he has been reviewed in the San Francisco Chronicle and Library Journal.  There are a few Google Scholar hits, where journals mention him ... mostly to make fun of him and the '70s trend of killer animal horror books and movies. I think a lot of '70s and '80s coverage could only be found via academic libraries. Caro7200 (talk) 15:28, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Nothing notable, claims in the article are false. Including the movie which is not based on the novel The Beat Within Keep based on having two novels which were reportedly on the New York Times best-seller list: The Beast Within and Came A Spider. The Beast Within was also made into a movie in 1982 which adds to Levy's notability. WP:NAUTHOR. We can see coverage of Levy in the Arlington Heights Daily Herald Suburban Chicago (1982), and many newspapers across the country. Lightburst (talk) 16:44, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Edit: I am still trying to verify the claims of NYT Best Seller. For now I have hidden those claims within the article. I did provide references for the article and improved layout etc. I continue to think the author is notable. Lightburst (talk) 19:34, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , I have no opinion on this AfD, but since I'm a NY Times subscriber, I did a search for you. I didn't find anything about these being on the best-seller list (it's possible that's just not indexed, so "didn't find" may not mean much).  I did however find a short book review of Came A Spider, and also a review of a film based on The Beast Within. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:56, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the ping. You are correct. I did an exhaustive search and I am sure someone invented that claim. I will go strike my rationale and I have already previously removed it from the article. I will be a delete now based on the research I did, the movie The Beast Within is not even based on the novel at all. Literally only the title is the same Lightburst (talk) 01:02, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Redirect to The Beast Within (novel). I found plenty of reviews such as this but nothing that would be SIGCOV for the author themselves.   // Timothy ::  talk  06:11, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  11:44, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:CREATIVE - author of a classic cult book/film. His creation has become a trope and a meme. Bearian (talk) 11:43, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NAUTHOR and WP:NOPAGE. Article was created in 2005 by an IP editor when article standards were far lower and until recently was full of false notability claims, as noted above. No WP:SIGCOV of this author could be found in a WP:BEFORE search I did and the article says nothing about the subject except they wrote a few books. The only one of the books to even have an article, The Beast Within (novel) has no sources that actually mention the novel beyond Edward Levy wrote it, so there is no legitimate redirect target. Newshunter12 (talk) 18:26, 19 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge to The Beast Within (novel) where we could have a short author section. There's not some overhwelming amount of biographical material here to preserve. I'd feel different if there was a high quality source but we can serve our readers just as well with a merge as by having this as an independent article. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 19:15, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge to The Beast Within (novel). Considering the lack of biographical content, I don't think a single notable book is enough to warrant a separate article about the author. It's fine to mention them in the article about the book they wrote though. --Adamant1 (talk) 06:37, 21 September 2020 (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.