Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Postal Service (novel)


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The result was   delete. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 01:45, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Postal Service (novel)

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non notable vanity press book, see also Articles for deletion/Phil Terrana (author) ccwaters (talk) 21:09, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: I can't find significant coverage for this book. Joe Chill (talk) 23:00, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't Delete: It's being read and the review is pending in The Virginian Pilot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 20.137.18.50 (talk) 14:01, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: 1) pending reviews have no value in WP:BK. 2) That would only be 1 review. 3) According to Articles for deletion/Phil Terrana (author), the author has a relationship to that newspaper and therefore that review could not be considered an independent source. 4) Are you Dpt2000? ccwaters (talk) 19:49, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: Yes, that comment was made by myself before I had logged in. It was not my intention to make it appear to have multiple votes to not delete. I was rushing to comment as I did not know how quickily the entry would be deleted. Once logged in I did not want to delete a previous entry. My apologies. Dpt2000 (talk) 17:08, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't Delete: I think it is premature to delete this article. The book was just published and is pending several reviews that will add to its notability. Dpt2000 (talk) 14:16, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Delete per nom. While I'm sympathetic to the idea that the novel was just published (October 9, just a month ago), I believe we have it backward, here. We write the article when the subject is notable, not in anticipation of the subject becoming notable. If the novel takes off, picks up a professional publisher, and gets some media attention, then an article might be in order - but we're not there yet, so this article is premature. UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 14:23, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Does not meet WP:BK requirements at this time. However, with future reviews, the article can return later. Warrah (talk) 03:17, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete In the last few years here, I think there's been one vanity press book that actually turned out to be notable. Just one. Typically a notable fictional work will have reviews by the first month if it is every going to have them.   DGG ( talk ) 19:15, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment:Harsh, but honest. I suppose that can be called motivation to the author.
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