Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/She's Dating the Gangster


 * 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 She's Dating the Gangster (film). Final title should be She's Dating the Gangster since the article will then be about both book and film and disambiguation will be unnecessary SpinningSpark 10:49, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

She's Dating the Gangster

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I've tried again and again to find reliable non-trivial sources about this book, but I just can't. All the sources are about the film adaptation, which has an article already which includes all the information listed in the book's article, so it's practically a completed merge. -- Pingumeister(talk) 11:40, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * If the merge is already consumed, simply Redirect the title to the film article. --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 12:51, 6 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete/Merge :The book is published and independent review can be found at Goodreads (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10886468-she-s-dating-the-gangster) and so meets notability criteria WP:BKCRIT, as it has been source of a significant motion picture. So in general article is not worthy of deletion in that sense, atleast according Wikipedia itself. But in my view point article is stub and its film has seperate article so there is no need of so short an article for the book. So my view is that page be merged with the film article with general name She's Dating the Gangster (film and novel). Sometimes Wikipedia Policies do not serve the purpose of improving the encyclopeida. It is my request to admins that kindly override the policies in such cases.--Ubed junejo (talk) 13:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually, those are user-posted reviews on a website where I believe the books are also listed by users. Therefore it isn't a reliable source, and I'm pretty sure it's also classified as trivial. -- Pingumeister(talk) 13:21, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, you're right about the motion picture (if the film is considered significant...) -- Pingumeister(talk) 13:25, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Dear Pingumeister the WP:NBOOK states that: A book is generally notable if it verifiably meets, through reliable sources, one or more of the following criteria:
 * . . . . 3. The book has been considered by reliable sources to have made a significant contribution to a significant motion picture, or other art form, or event or political or religious movement. And the book is source of film, as you too have said that, so the topic is notable in that sense. But I also believe that this article should be deleted for reasins mentioned above.--Ubed junejo (talk) 13:32, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Understood. -- Pingumeister(talk) 15:27, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:50, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:50, 6 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete and redirect title to the film article. The film is marginally notable, but the book is not. The few reliable sources merely mention the book while discussing the film. The book fails to meet any of the five criteria of WP:BKCRIT. Although the book is the basis of a film, the film is not significant. In fact, the film has not even been released. Significance would require significant box office receipts or significant critical reviews by notable critics.- MrX 12:15, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge with She's Dating the Gangster (film), then move that article to this title - The book has no independent notability (strangely, despite apparently being popular, before the film adaptation was announced, I had never heard of the book). However, the film is notable. Since there's not enough information on the book, it's possible that the article on the film be moved to this title, and any book info be merged. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:30, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge to She's Dating the Gangster (film). I think it's not exactly notable but it is the source material of a notable film. -- Lenticel ( talk ) 02:08, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
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