Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Halloween Night (Goosebumps)


 * 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   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:02, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Halloween Night (Goosebumps)

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As far as I can tell, this book does not exist. Neelix (talk) 23:33, 12 October 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:06, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 *  Keep . Move to Halloween Night (Point Horror). Popular children's book. This is one in a series. Cindamuse (talk) 06:47, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:23, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: Hrm, I looked on Amazon.com myself . It took me, oh, about five seconds to find.  Perhaps the nom might enlighten us as to the methodology used for "As far as I can tell."   Ravenswing  19:58, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as nominator - This article is not about the book identified by Gene93k and Ravenswing above. This article states in its title, main text, and categorization, that it discusses a Goosebumps book. The book identified by the previous two editors is a Point Horror book. This article should not be moved to Halloween Night (Point Horror) because "Halloween Night (Goosebumps)" is a false descriptor of the book and would be an inappropriate redirect. Furthermore, the book in the Point Horror series is not sufficiently notable to justify its own article. Neelix (talk) 17:25, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. Yes, you're right. It is a Point Horror book. Checking out the synopsis, while poorly written, it is summarily an accurate description of the Point Horror book. And it appears quite notable as one in the Point Horror series. As such, I recommend moving (rather than redirecting) to Halloween Night (Point Horror). Cindamuse (talk) 18:57, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - According to Wikipedia's notability guidelines for books, a book must be notable in the real world and not just within a series. This book has not received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources; it is therefore not sufficiently notable for an article on Wikipedia, whether at the current title or any other. Neelix (talk) 14:05, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Delete. We don't have individual articles for R.L. Stine's more well-known series of books (List of Goosebumps books), I don't see why we should have one for a much lesser known series. However, there should be an template, linking the article at Halloween Night to Point Horror.--Hongkongresident (talk) 05:33, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete- for two reasons. Firstly, there does not appear to be any reliable, independent coverage. This is not surprising given R. L. Stine's uncanny ability to churn out huge amounts of terrible books in rapid succession. Secondly, even if this book is somehow determined to be notable, the current article is irredeemably bad. There is nothing, literally nothing, in it that is suitable for an encyclopedia and the best thing would be to nuke it and start over. Reyk  YO!  02:52, 23 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.