Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reached (novel)


 * 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 redirect to Ally Condie. Michig (talk) 08:05, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Reached (novel)

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WP:NN novel to be published in the future. Apparently create by a paid editor to promote the novel's author. Article creator now blocked for creation of inappropriate articles (this article not part of blocking rationale). Toddst1 (talk) 05:47, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. I haven't quite made up my mind yet, but I'm leaning towards delete purely because the coverage so far has been light. This should get more coverage as time goes on, but there's no guarantee of that and I've seen many books with large followings that don't. I'm willing to personally userfy a copy of the article if it's decided that it should be deleted.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 10:32, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:CRYSTAL and, more importantly, for failing WP:BK. Qworty (talk) 07:54, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 21:45, 29 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete/Redirect to Matched or Ally Condie. I've thought about it (and then forgot about it), but Qworty is right- any argument for keeping this ultimately falls under WP:CRYSTAL. It might get coverage when it comes out, but then it might not. That's the funny thing about the YA series. Even when they're popular there's still no guarantee that it'll get enough coverage to merit an entry. I've userfied a copy of this for the time if/when it meets notability guidelines, so for now this should probably either be redirected to the page for Matched or to the author's page.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 03:20, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: I noted that the last novel reached #2 on the NY Times young adult list, so its quite likely this one will make the bestseller list as well.  Thus, if this cannot skate by for a few weeks, I would prefer a redirect to Ally Condie over deletion at this point, as it seems quite likely to me that the result of this AfD would be different in a few weeks.  I understand that Notability (books) doesn't directly address best-seller list inclusion, but previous AfDs have treated favorable if its one of the premier lists and a top position is reached.--Milowent • hasspoken  05:25, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Ally Condie where the information about this yet to be published book is available in the context of the "Matched" trilogy. If the book garners notice after publication, it is a simple step for any editor to undo the redirect and history is preserved without the need of going through userfication. -- Whpq (talk) 20:02, 30 October 2012 (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.