Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Santa Teresa (fictional city)


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The result was   keep. --Daniel J. Leivick (talk) 00:49, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Santa Teresa (fictional city)

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non notable fictional city, pure trivia SuperSuperBoi (talk) 11:52, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep This fictional location is the setting for most of Sue Grafton's best-selling "Alphabet" mysteries, has appeared in other works of fiction, has received substantial coverage in reliable secondary sources with articles focused on "Santa Teresa" as a fictional location (some of which are already cited in this article!), and this article can be significantly expanded from both primary and secondary sources. - Dravecky (talk) 11:55, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep I concur with Dravecky. The fact that a large number of Sue Grafton's works involve the location is more than sufficient to establish notability. The fact that it has been used by multiple, successful, authors makes it significantly more so. Debate (talk) 12:12, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Used by multiple authors, setting of best selling series. AlbinoFerret (talk) 12:37, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per Dravecky. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 14:19, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per what Dravecky said. It seems to assert notability if its the setting of best-selling books. -- Jamie  S93  14:43, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak delete as I am concerned about the element of synthesis of sources for potentially loosely-connected topics. Is this the "same" Santa Teresa in both detective series? (In the same way that Gotham City is the same when Superman visits it, or Metropolis for Batman?) Or are they merely two different cities with the same name? Is there a reliable source which describes them as the same, or one as a deliberate homage to the other? Otherwise I'm afraid I'm unconvinced by the similarity. --Dhartung | Talk 05:03, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I get several credible sources on the first page of only a quick google:, , and . Debate (talk) 06:02, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I added one of those to close the missing link. At this time I jsut feel this is no more than a listing, with no substantial coverage. --Dhartung | Talk 07:58, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * There is substantial in-depth coverage in reliable secondary sources, including among many others a cited Los Angeles Times article wholly about the fictional Santa Teresa. - Dravecky (talk) 10:48, 1 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep this one has suitable secondary reliable sources, which should be enough to convince even those who dont think such topics notable for fiction. 15:57, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  22:43, 2 June 2008 (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.