Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Noggle Stones

__NOINDEX__  This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was - deleted - SimonP 05:09, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

Noggle Stones
Advertisement for a book published by iUniverse, a vanity press. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 12:54, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. It appears to be a successful book, despite it's origins. Amazon.com editorial reviews are very positive, and it's being adapted into a comic Kappa 14:00, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Its Amazon sales rank is 1,058,237.  Article created by anonymous IP who also gave us an article on the book's author at Wil Radcliffe.  Looks like vanity and advertisement; the article is one sentence and a referral link to Amazon.  "noggle stones" gets 107 unique Google hits. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 18:03, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I put the referral link there, I always do that with books. If by 'referral link' you mean one which gets paid per click, it isn't. Kappa 18:16, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * My bad; I have amended my remark. Still doesn't seem notable, though if Wil Radcliffe survives VfD any reference to the book could go in his very sparse article. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 18:43, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete any book published by a vanity press unless there is something else to make it notable. RickK 20:15, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but with reservations. Article needs expansion. Megan1967 05:13, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Since Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, delete until the comic actually exists. Radiant_* 13:44, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * If it was published by a vanity press then delete. 107 is very few google hits for a book that's alledgedly so successful, and that's a pretty poor sales rank to boot. -R. fiend 16:23, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * As near as anyone outside Amazon can figure, a sales rank of 1 million is selling less than one book per week. It seems likely that this book has sold 100 copies, as a very broad but generous estimate. Delete. Shimmin 22:22, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this promotion. Edeans 21:19, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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