Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Art of Star Wars


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The result was   speedy keep per WP:SK. Nomination withdrawn with no outstanding delete !votes. (Non-administrator closure) NorthAmerica1000 15:25, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

The Art of Star Wars
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Unsourced and non-notable book about non-notable art. A Google search brings up book reviews and Star Wars fanages. Fails WP:NBOOK Nathan121212 (talk) 07:21, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
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 * Comment of course a Google search brings up book reviews. How else is a book generally discussed in reliable sources?  It is usually book reviews that provide the bulk of coverage that is required for the WP:GNG portion of WP:NBOOK. As far as the art, John Hart in The Art of the Storyboard: A Filmmaker's Introduction (page 30) called Carol Titelman (ed.) (1979) The Art of Star Wars the definitive work on the development of the inspiring cinemagraphic art of Star Wars, techniques that had a profound impact on modern movies. It was reissued in 1997 with additional content. --Bejnar (talk) 15:50, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I meant commercial reviews. Those aren't reliable sources. Nathan121212 (talk) 15:58, 24 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment the nom. indicated that these books detail "non-notable art", but the Star Wars art of Ralph McQuarrie and other included artists such as Tom Jung and Drew Struzan seems to be notable under Wikipedia criteria. --Bejnar (talk) 18:34, 24 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep I've added a couple of references. The USA Today review is not very substantive, but it was the only online review (not bookseller, not blog, not random reader, although given that it is USA Today maybe only slightly rewritten from the publisher's press release) that I found. Many of the reviews of these books are only going to be in paper copy, such as that in The School Library Journal, as the books generally came out well before wide-spread use of the web, so finding more is going to be quite tedious, but I have no doubt that such reviews are there. --Bejnar (talk) 18:06, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep per recently added sources. VMS Mosaic (talk) 00:35, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep I wasn't able to find many online sources, but it appears that there are many offline sources. These sources are perfectly acceptable, and I believe that WP:N has been met. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 03:55, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Withdraw nomination: Benjar, you fixed it. Nathan121212 (talk) 04:19, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
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