Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Book Week


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 16:16, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

International Book Week

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Non-notable "internet meme" (read: Facebook chain letter). as "promoting an event " on my talk page. (contested speedy) Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:08, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:WEB, as there's apparently been zero news or industry-blog coverage of this. The best I can find is Yahoo Philippines saying "huh, this hashtag is trending on Google+, how about that". The "grab a book and copy a line" meme has been around for years (it went around with a similarly undated "Today is World Book Day!" last year) - it's maybe a bit louder this week, but doesn't seem loud enough to interest reliable sources. --McGeddon (talk) 12:19, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * A better source has now appeared here ("To mark International Book Week, celebrated every year during the third week of September, book lovers have developed a little online game"), although it looks rather like a journalist cribbing from this Wikipedia article (for the first sixteen hours the article was asserting that the week was "held the during the 3rd week of September", adding that the Facebook meme was just one way to celebrate it). --McGeddon (talk) 09:11, 21 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete Anything primarily described as an "awareness week mentioned in a socially generated internet meme" should follow the same fate. --BDD (talk) 20:08, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. I saw this go by on Facebook.  This doesn't meet WP:WEB; no "significant or demonstrable effects on culture, society, entertainment, athletics, economies, history, literature, science, or education".  Not even close.  Ubelowme U  Me  20:15, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge with List_of_Internet_phenomena. --Capitano666 (talk) 13:55, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * What exactly would you merge in? Where's the coverage in reliable sources to merit this? --BDD (talk) 15:55, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:36, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

keep - y u h8 books? did a book kill ur dog or sumting? 41.204.73.15 (talk) 12:35, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
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