Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Slinky Malinki


 * 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 keep. Sources found subsequent to nomination that demonstrate notability. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 15:30, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Slinky Malinki

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No independent reliable sources cover this topic. Fails WP:NBOOK. Noahe123 (talk) 02:03, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2019 August 31.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 02:23, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Noahe123 (talk) 05:23, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. Noahe123 (talk) 05:23, 31 August 2019 (UTC))


 * Delete Either delete or redirect to Lynley Dodd. Does not satisfy WP:NBOOK. I can find only sales pages for it on the Web. -Lopifalko (talk) 08:40, 2 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Hairy Maclary which covers this book and the others in the series. Daveosaurus (talk) 09:16, 2 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment It is not true to say that "no independent sources cover this topic", and "the web" (presumably a general search engine) is not the appropriate place to look for sources for a book published in 1990. I have started adding sources. I would suggest that if this and other Slinky Malinki books do not individually meet Wp notability guidelines, Slinky Malinki (cat) would. As they are currently written, the articles about the Slinky Malinki books are copy-and-pasted stubs that differ only in the date of first publication, and that some actually say they feature a cat, rather than saying they feature Hairy Maclary. The quality of the articles does not reflect their individual and/or collective notability, however.


 * Redirect to author Lynley Dodd - a redirect to fictional character Hairy Maclary is possible, but that article is light on significant coverage from reliable secondary sources and so may be up for deletion in its turn, so safer to redirect to the author - Epinoia (talk) 16:53, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Question Noahe123, I am very confused about your actions in regards to these books. I see that you have created stub articles for many of the Hairy Maclary and Slinky Malinki books which were previously redlinks, and at the same time as creating them, you have added the tag to improve the article's references. Then you have nominated two older articles, and one of your own recently created stubs, for deletion. I don't understand why you would do this. Per WP:ATD-M, it would seem more sensible to merge the existing articles into one or some well-referenced articles about the series or character/s, than to create many stubs which you then nominate for deletion. We then end up with editors who use Google search results to gauge notability, or simply assess the article as it is, rather than as it could be. Please could you explain your rationale in creating and attempting to delete these articles? As there are different editors participating in the three current AfD discussions, I am going to copy this question to the other AfDs. RebeccaGreen (talk) 19:41, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Reslisting to give people a chance to evaluate the sources which have recently been added.
 * Keep or Merge to Hairy Maclary. Now that this article has been created, and information and sources have been added to it, it would be a waste just to delete it. In case the AfD is closed, I wanted to state my opinion that the series is definitely notable, and this information should either be provided in an article about the series or an individual article, not deleted or redirected. RebeccaGreen (talk) 20:05, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 12:46, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment, i have to be quick here because if Mitskie finds out that the 1st book dedicated to one of her kitty heroes is up for deletion all hell will break loose, anyway, i have added a couple of reviews to the article and suggest"Meow?", uh oh, Hi Mitskie, yes, just looking at a wikidiscussion "Meeeoowww?" what? the slinkster being deleted? i'm sure theres been a mistake and the nice wikieditors will "MROWWWRRRR!!!" YES! he's notable! Keep, keep, ke.."RRROWWWRR!!!PHFFTT!!munch, crunch munch" AAAARRRGGgghhh......Coolabahapple (talk) 10:59, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Ugggghhh, more words added to article....thud. Coolabahapple (talk) 01:39, 12 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep While the other two entries that were nominated for deletion at the same time should be merged, this entry is independently notable and thus merits its own article. Cool's work demonstrates this notability. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 01:48, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep article does now meet WP:NBOOK The Mirror Cracked (talk) 06:08, 17 September 2019 (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.