Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mandragora (novel)


 * 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 keep. Randykitty (talk) 15:14, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Mandragora (novel)

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Fails WP:NBOOK No claims of notability. No secondary sources other than blogs. No awards, no indications of best seller status. Rogermx (talk) 16:23, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 02:58, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 02:58, 14 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep, meets WP:NBOOK, a 1992 CBCA older readers award shortlist recipient, and multiple reviews including The Age, The Mercury (Hobart), The Examiner (Tasmania), The Weekend Australian, The Sun-Herald, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Canberra Times, Magpies: Talking About Books for Children, and Reading Time, i found this out from here and here, unfortunately this appears to be a book that has not made it across the pond to the "good ol US" (WorldCat has it held by under 100 libraries - still pretty good for a 25 year old "kids" book that hasnt won any major awards), hence the dearth of overseas reviews, and lack of online resources available to make a well referenced article. ("well, coola, get your little tushie over to canberra and get writing!!!":)) Coolabahapple (talk) 03:34, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per Coolabahapple's very sound analysis. I wish more editors understood that trade books by notable authors, published in pre-internet times, are very likely to meet notability standards, because newspaper reviews were much mor common, if not typical, but that those source are often not accessible online, but are best found by consulting print sources, such as book review indexes, available in major libraries. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo).  Treated like dirt by many administrators since 2006.   (talk) 03:37, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep but rewrite: As it stands, the article doesn't say anything about the significance of the book, and basically just retells the plot. It needs the references listed above to be included in the article as well, of course. --Slashme (talk) 14:34, 19 December 2018 (UTC)


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