Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mystery of the Sancy


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The result was   speedy Deleted. by User:Jimfbleak as G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion (non-admin closure) &#124;  Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  16:48, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Mystery of the Sancy

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This is an article about a book, and the author of the article is the author of the book. There is no indication why this book is notable. There is no reference to any book review. More than half of the article is about the author (so it's wp:autobiography). That part of the article is completely unreferenced, thus contrary to WP:BLP. Vanjagenije (talk) 18:36, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:03, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:03, 14 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. This could probably be speedied as sheer promotion. There are some assertions to notability through the epaper link, but we'd need some specific information to know which page has the article in question about the book so we'd know if this was an actual article rather than a brief mention or an advert. I searched for the book and the author's name separately, but couldn't find anything to show that this is ultimately noteworthy. There is a language barrier and the possibility for more sources, but I somewhat doubt that there is more out there beyond what is already on the article. From my experience with looking for Indian sources, the more notable subjects almost always have some sort of coverage in the English language papers or the papers that offer articles in English. This isn't a rule, but it's common enough that a lack of English language coverage in Indian sources is pretty telling- especially given that the article claims that this is widely sold and had a huge debut party. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   04:58, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
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