Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of books similar to Harry Potter


 * 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 of the debate was delete. Jaranda wat's sup 04:21, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

List of books similar to Harry Potter
Trivial content, highly POV for inclusion, listcruft. Skinnyweed 12:17, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete per nom. Tevildo 12:56, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete There's probably a good article to be had about Harry Potter parodies and references (although we likely have such an article already). This list is fairly random ("A character in a Monty Python sketch is called Harold Potter") and unclear (claims James and the Giant Peach is similar to Harry Potter but doesn't say how... because the protagonists are orphan boys, I guess?). Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  15:19, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Split decision: Keep the top two sections and move to List of books parodying Harry Potter. Delete the rest. Literary parodies and pastiches, as well as derivative works, are encyclopaedic. David | Talk 15:21, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Avada Kedavra!! This belongs on a fan website, not in an encyclopedia. It reads like a summer reading list, and inclusion in this list seems dubiously subjective.  Also, given how many Harry Potter fans there are out there writing various short stories and even full-length novels, this list could grow very long in a hurry.  A better idea would be to allow the stories themselves to become widely distributed and notable, and then list individual articles for them.  It is unlikely most will ever be widely-read, though.  --NMChico24 23:59, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Nonsense, especialy the offhand reference to Harold Potter in the Science Fiction Sktech. SM247 My Talk  01:04, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, POV and unencylopedic information. --Musicpvm 08:55, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per Musicpvm, rather too fancrufty in its revisionist view of literary and popular cultural history. Potter books might make it into a List of books similar to Tolkien though. --DaveG12345 10:22, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete with extreme prejudice, I fail to see how any sort of standards or criteria could possibly be implemented and failing that, it is inherently OR. Listcruft. KillerChihuahua?!? 11:05, 2 July 2006 (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.