Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/On an island (book)


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The result was delete. Sarahj2107 (talk) 10:32, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

On an island (book)

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Contested PROD. Reason was This topic is not ready for main article space. It currently exists as a user space draft here, where the author can continue to develop it. As it stands, there is no indication that reliable sources have written about this e-book at all, so the topic fails notability guidelines. I performed a WP:BEFORE search and only found mentions of an unrelated book with the same title. Since the PROD, the only additional source found is a blog, which is not a reliable source. Fails WP:NBOOK and WP:GNG. Nick&#8288;—&#8288;Contact/Contribs 03:47, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:17, 4 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete. A search brings up nothing that would establish notability for this book. WP:ITEXISTS, but existing does not give something notability and the only things I can find for this are primary. This is kind of why we need a speedy deletion criteria for books, as this is a self-published, non-notable work that would've qualified for A9 if it was a music album. I wish the author well, but this book just isn't notable at this point in time. His best bet would be to hit up the book blogs - those can't be used as sources, but they can help make it more likely that RS will take notice and cover the work. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  05:23, 5 October 2016 (UTC)


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