Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed


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The result was Keep as this is suggesting enough (NAC). SwisterTwister  talk  04:56, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed

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I looked round for sources, and despite all the media around this case, I don't think the book is notable. The articles that mention it - including the ones that were added to this article at the time the notability tag I added was removed - are almost exclusively about the sensational details it reveals about the case, rather than about it as a book per se - or they're straight-up about the case and just mention the book in passing. As a result, the article is unlikely to ever be able to expand beyond a stub. This seems like something that should redirect to the article on the Castro case. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 15:52, 5 May 2016 (UTC) An excerpt, " A book is notable, and generally merits an article, if it verifiably meets through reliable sources, one or more of the following criteria: The book has been the subject[1] of two or more non-trivial[2] published works appearing in sources that are independent of the book itself.[3] This includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, other books, television documentaries, bestseller lists,[4] and reviews." Also the book has received significant coverage in reliable sources, so therefore it meets WP:GNG Fouetté rond de jambe en tournant (talk) 05:30, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment Surely the fact that an article is not likely to be expanded beyond a stub is not, per se, a reason for deletion? FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 00:24, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep I added some other points and refs to the article including the fact that upon the books publication it debuted in the number two spot on the New York times Best Sellers list. Thereby it meets the criteria in WP:NOTBOOK #3 bestseller lists (NY Times Best Seller list)
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 * Keep, meets WP:NBOOK, a new york times bestseller, is the basis of a notable film as stated in the article, WorldCat shows it is held by over 1500 libraries, here are some reviews: "In Finding Me, we get a rare glimpse into the mind's slow descent into helplessness – what is called "learned helplessness" Finding Me is a short read, written in English that's plain and concise as there is no flowery language worthy of depicting the horror that Knight, DeJesus and Berry went through at 2207 Seymour Avenue." in fz.com, "But Knight’s book, penned with celebrity ghostwriter Michelle Burford, lacks nuance. It is a rape-by-degradation story that simply satisfies our addiction to know the worst." in The Globe and Mail, "Michelle's story, told in her own words, is heart-breaking and harrowing but the book left me stunned at her courage, her ability to endure such severe trauma for so long." as an Auckland Libraries staff pick, oh, and it was  also a Canadian bestseller and an NPR bestseller. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:10, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep in addition to the sources found, the book and the author are the cover story in People, part of a story about the kidnapped girls in People  and in Marie Claire . Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:21, 11 May 2016 (UTC)


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