Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Merete Lien


 * 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.  (aeropagitica)   (talk)   15:53, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Merete Lien
This is a dead end article about a non-notable author. I'm sure her books are very readable in Norwegian, but her books aren't available in any translation. I can't find any web reviews or news in English about her, and there's only slight coverage in Norwegian. The best bit seems to be a page on the local "literature portal" for Telemark, Norway. Deletion looks like the only answer, unless a Norwegian can help out. Mereda 09:19, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Judging mostly from the cover art, she is the prolific author of a fair number of what appear to be romance novels in Norwegian.  These appear to be published by a non-vanity publisher, and the series is up to no. 27.  Whatever their merits as literature, she seems to be at least borderline notable.  Our coverage of comic book writers is deeper than our coverage of romance novelists, but that's WP:BIAS at work.  - Smerdis of Tlön 13:53, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. No way can we delete an author of at least 30 books as non-notable. So her work isn't available in English, so what? We have authors on Wikipedia who have contributed far less to the literary community. Mallanox 12:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
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