Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scattershot (book)


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The result was keep. John254 03:53, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Scattershot (book)

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This is an advertisement for a recently published book, not an encyclopedic article. Does not meet wp:NB or wp:V. Books really shouldn't be listed separately from the author unless they're especially notable, right? There's also some silly, unverifiable statements in the article that keep being reverted. See talk page. dzhastin (talk) 04:34, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep The author's page can redirect to the book, considering the book discusses the author's life and family at length. The book is about a bipolar family. Once on a vending machine (talk) 04:59, 12 September 2008 (UTC) — Once on a vending machine (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep Per Once on a vending machine —Preceding unsigned comment added by UltraMagnus (talk • contribs) 10:13, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt. It fails the notability criteria for books and there are persistent edit reversions from what rather resembles a single-purpose account that wants the article to be phrased in a very particular way and seems to have tried to take ownership of the content.-- S Marshall  Talk / Cont  10:35, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - persistent edit reversions from what rather resembles a single-purpose account would be an issue with that particular account, and really has nothing to do with the notability of this book. --Captain-tucker (talk) 21:07, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep - Seems to have sufficient reliable sources to establish notability. Silverfish (talk) 15:11, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Meets the notability criteria for books, and even Notability, with multiple non-trivial articles in unrelated sources, namely Vail Daily, and Talk of the Nation . Publisher's Weekly, and Lansing State Journal have shorter articles that may not be sufficient in themselves (though help), but the earlier two are enough. --GRuban (talk) 20:44, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - In addition to the sources listed in the article and by GRuban I found these reliable sources which taken together easily allow the book to pass the multiple non-trivial articles requirement in WP:BK. Specific statements in the article should be corrected through regular editing, that should have nothing to do with deletion criteria.
 * SCATTERSHOT: My Bipolar Family: A Memoir." Kirkus Reviews 76, no. 13 (July 2008): 690-690., Abstract: The article reviews the book "Scattershot: My Bipolar Family: A Memoir," by David Lovelace.
 * CHARLES, K.A.T.I.E. "ALCOHOLIC UNANONYMOUS!." New York (September 2008): 94-94, Abstract: This article reviews the books "Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction," by Susan Cheever, "Scattershot: My Bipolar Family," by David Lovelace, and "Hurry Down Sunshine," by Michael Greenberg.--Captain-tucker (talk) 21:04, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Captain-tucker: How did you find those journals and those reviews? Is it a online service or a library service that you used? Or something else?Once on a vending machine (talk) 21:14, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * EBSCO databases available through my local public libraries web site.--Captain-tucker (talk) 21:30, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep - The vague references to DiCaprio and Oprah and their movie interest have been removed. There is currently just a single attributed quote from the publisher of the book regarding the movie interest. There are not a ton of memoirs out there on bipolar disorder; this is a perfectly reasonable Wikipedia entry.Albrodax (talk) 22:01, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. The review in Publishers Weekly alone is enough to satisfy notability even before other factors are taken into account. Is that SNOW I see on my shoulder, or danduff ... OK, it's dandruff, but still.... 23skidoo (talk) 05:47, 14 September 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.