Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/I'd Rather Be Baking Cookies: A Collection of Recipes from Lisa MacLeod and Friends


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The result was   no consensus. (non-admin closure) NorthAmerica1000 05:14, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

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There was a disputed prod on this article, which was deleted in January and then restored last week upon request — however, there's still enough dispute about its actual notability that I thought it best to put it up for wider discussion. Essentially, what we have is a cookbook that was compiled by a politician, given a single small print run and sold locally to raise funds for her reelection campaign — while it did garner a small volume of media coverage in the moment (note for starters that every single one of the few sources cited in the article is dated to a single three-day period), there's little evidence here of any sustained notability that would warrant a standalone article about the book, when one or two sentences in Lisa MacLeod would be every bit as effective at giving this the amount of WP:WEIGHT that it actually warrants. I think it's a delete, personally, but it needs more people weighing in on it than it's had so far. Bearcat (talk) 01:57, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 02:03, 26 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete The politician is notable but the book isn't. A burst of local coverage of a campaign gimmick isn't enough.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  04:02, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep This is the second time this has been nominated for deletion without me (the creator) being nominated (it was a CSD before Bearcat). I think (it was a while ago) I wrote it shortly after release, which is why the references are all spaced close together. It's received coverage from CTV and the Ottawa Citizen (granted Ottawa is local, it's also a city of about a million people). I will try to get some more sources (I'm on holidays now), but it was considered notable enough to be in the DYK section of the main page. --kelapstick(on the run) 10:18, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * While it doesn't address Bearcat's comment regarding the timing of sources, this entry from the Toronto Star does address your comment regarding "local coverage" . --kelapstick(bainuu) 11:15, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. I wrote this with K-stick as a personal favor to Lisa MacLeod, given my lifelong dedication to the conservative cause. Plus we got paid, though I have no idea what I can do with those weird-looking dollars. Sourcing is on the thin side, as is the article, but it squeaks by, in my opinion. Also, the prose is tasty like foie gras. Drmies (talk) 12:58, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
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 * Merge to Lisa MacLeod. Any attention the book has gained is solely because she produced it. Biography article is easily of a size that can accommodate it.TheLongTone (talk) 18:21, 26 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep or merge - quite evidently. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 15:20, 1 May 2014 (UTC).


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