Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simple Complications


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The result was   delete. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 09:29, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Simple Complications

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Sources do not appear to support notability of either the book or the author. ZZArch talk to me 09:07, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

I have cited the novel, which on-line is only available on the kindle store. Surely citing the novel and the author (whom I have spoken to) along with all of the means of contact is valid citation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarahaberton (talk • contribs) 09:29, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. Unfortunately per Wikipedia guidelines those are all seen as primary sources and cannot be used to show notability, which is what the biggest concern is here. I'll see what I can find, but I'll warn you that most self-published and/or indie books will always lack the amount of reliable sources (WP:RS) needed to prove notability per WP:NBOOK guidelines. It's very hard to pass these guidelines and even some mainstream books have been deleted because they didn't have the necessary qualifications and I'm talking NYT bestsellers here.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 09:36, 29 January 2012 (UTC)tokyogirl79


 * Delete. Unfortunately there just aren't any reliable sources out there to show that this book or the author has any notability per WP:NBOOK] or [[WP:AUTHOR. I wish the author well, especially since she's so young and is launching into a highly competitive field, but neither she nor the book have the notability that is required for an article at this time. Like I said above, it's very hard to pass these guidelines since they're so strict and I've seen more established authors get shot down for articles because of them. As far as sources go, they must be reliable second party sources, such as an article by the Huffington Post where the author and/or her book are discussed in depth. Brief mentions, sources put out by the author, and most blogs will not show notability here.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 09:44, 29 January 2012 (UTC)tokyogirl79

Thankyou for your quick reply and explanation, nobody had so far explained this to me in depth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.5.118.210 (talk) 10:39, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
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