Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Franco's International Brigades: Foreign Volunteers and Fascist Dictators in the Spanish Civil War


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The result was   delete. Black Kite 21:05, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Franco's International Brigades: Foreign Volunteers and Fascist Dictators in the Spanish Civil War
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Recently published book, no evidence of notability. This is one Part of a history of Spam and self promotion by this author on Wikipedia, see also -Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam Hu12 (talk) 22:25, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 23:50, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 23:50, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 23:50, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: I can't find significant coverage for this book. Joe Chill (talk) 00:41, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete even setting the spam issue aside. The book is simply not notable, and it is not a very plausible redirect. Drmies (talk) 02:57, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep It helped me considerably expand the article on the Irish Brigade in April. Unbiased, indexed and annotated, it is "notable" in that it covers unmentioned aspects of that conflict. It can be criticised for being untrendy, but that is not an intellectual crime.Red Hurley (talk) 12:37, 17 September 2009 (UTC)


 * No one is criticizing its trendiness or lack thereof. If you can find some decent reviews of it, or proof of its being cited (other than in WP articles), please present that--that would be good grounds for reconsidering. Drmies (talk) 15:02, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It's listed with some public libraries and see this review. You can try Google and check out the 1,600+ entries, many of which are plugs, but with some more reviews. Maybe it hasn't been reviewed in the USA; please forgive those of us who live elsewhere.Red Hurley (talk) 08:01, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, but it is the subject that is notable, not a book about it. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:18, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete no indication that this book qhs any particular notability.   DGG ( talk ) 17:57, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment -- Is WP the right forum for book reviews, for that is what this is? What we need is an article on the subject, not an article on the book.  I would suggest that the article should be merged with articles on the Irish Brigade (Spanish Civil War), and whatever other flanagist interational brigades there may have been.  The book will be a WP:RS for those articles, but I doubt we need an article on the book itself.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:18, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
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