Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peadar Ó Guilín


 * 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   merge to The Inferior. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:17, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Peadar Ó Guilín

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Non-notable author of one book... fails WP:AUTHOR... Adolphus79 (talk) 01:58, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:29, 17 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete or Merge to The Inferior - There is insufficient reliable source coverage of the subject of this AFD to establish general notability or author/creative notability. Zero hits in Google Scholar, one hit in Google Book for the author's own work, and a dozen or so periodical references which I have detailed below.
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 * This page collects four reviews with the latter three being reliable. None of these reviews cover Peadar Ó Guilín.
 * Kirkus Reviews (citation not available) 184 word critique blended with summary.
 * Foraker, Barbara. "The Inferior.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)." Library Media Connection 26.7 (April-May 2008): 74(1). . 185 word review that's mostly a summary with some critique.
 * Thomarie, Dylan. "O Guilin, Peadar. The Inferior.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)." School Library Journal 54.9 (Sept 2008): 192(2). 244 word review of The Inferior. The first 113 words of the review body are a summary and the remaining 106 words are a critique.
 * Audience with the King (more bad than good). The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland) (Oct 1, 2003): 14. Byline: Belinda McKeon. 174 word critique of the book Audience with the King. There is no coverage of the author. This is decent in that it's a critique and not a summary.
 * Kunzel, Bonnie . Close Encounters of the Best Kind: The Latest Sci-Fi. School Library Journal (August 1, 2008) available on-line. 62 word summary of The Inferior. No coverage of Peadar Ó Guilín other than mentioning this is his debut novel. (I guess Audience with the King does not count?)
 * Youngman, Angela. Book Review: The Inferior by Peadar O. Guilin. M&C web site (Dec 5, 2007) available on-line. 182 word review with the first 104 words being summary and then a 78 word critique. Subject of AFD not covered.
 * Williams, Elaine. Hits and myths. TES Magazine (7 September, 2007) available on-line. 93 word book summary that is a slightly reworded version of the publisher's blurb. Subject of AFD not covered.
 * Aktuelle Buch-Tipps - ANZEIGE (New book-tips - announcements). Main Post. (February 2, 2009) available on-line. 100 word review in German. Thus is a summary that looks like it's a direct translation of a publisher's blurb. Subject of AFD not covered.
 * Cottogni, Pino La trilogia delle ossa (The Boneworld Trilogy). www.fantascienza.com available on-line. 452 word blogged review in Italian. One sentence of coverage for the AFD subject. The entire review is a summary with no criticism.
 * Mabbott, Alastair; Johnstone, Anne. Books also Received this Week. The Herald - Glasgow (UK) (Sep 8, 2007): 18(ABC). abstract on-line. 728 word article but unfortunately the section that covers the book is not included in the abstract. However, the format of this article is one short paragraph per book meaning coverage is likely trivial and may just be from a publisher blurb.
 * "Tesco boosts DFC sales.(Brief article)." The Bookseller 5360 (Nov 28, 2008): 8(1). 51 word press release that includes Peadar O Guilin as one of the contributors towards a comic book.
 * I could only find citations for the following articles. All are reviews of The Inferior and so are unlikely to be covering the subject of this AFD in detail.
 * Luedtke, Amy. "The Inferior.(Young adult review)(Book review)." Voice of Youth Advocates 31.3 (August 2008): 260(1).
 * Sawyer, Andy. "The Inferior.(Young adult review)(Book review)." School Librarian 55.4 (Winter 2007): 215(1).
 * Spisak, April. "The Inferior.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)." The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 61.11 (July-August 2008): 488(1).
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 * Summary: I did not see significant coverage of the subject of this AFD per WP:N nor was there evidence that would qualify the subject under either WP:PEOPLE or WP:AUTHOR. There may be sufficient coverage The Inferior that would warrant merging some of this bio into The Inferior. --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 08:43, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
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 * Summary: I did not see significant coverage of the subject of this AFD per WP:N nor was there evidence that would qualify the subject under either WP:PEOPLE or WP:AUTHOR. There may be sufficient coverage The Inferior that would warrant merging some of this bio into The Inferior. --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 08:43, 17 September 2009 (UTC)


 *  Keep, and Don't Merge. Isn't the fact that Peadar wrote a popular, influential novel reason enough to keep this article?  His book has recieved wonderful reviews, and this reflects his skill as an author.  Peadar deserves his own page.  GrandMattster 16:32, 17 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Did you read WP:AUTHOR? The book is notable, yes, but the author is not... - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:10, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Very well, I change my vote to Merge. GrandMattster 17:36, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * But how would you merge the two without being awkward? I haven't read an article on a book yet that includes information on the author on any significant scale...  GrandMattster 17:39, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It seems this situation is rare and so I started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Notability (books). --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 07:16, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * The book is not glaringly notable, it only barely passes notability guidelines because it has received a handful of reviews... - Adolphus79 (talk) 14:51, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NW ( Talk ) 20:32, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Merge with The Inferior. Adding a paragraph entitled "Author" with brief but complete coverage maybe, until more sources come out. --Cyclopia (talk) 01:32, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge the other two articles (the  notable book --it's not borderline, SLJ+Kirkus is enough, they are both extremely selective)-- and the "series" which at present consists of only the one book) into the article for the author. An author can write more books. If the first is successful, they usually do.  In doubt, this should be the place to put the material,   The one thing we should not have at this stage is >1 article--where we put the single article is less important.   DGG ( talk ) 03:33, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.