Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The End of the Free Market


 * 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   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:25, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

The End of the Free Market

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This article is not blatant spam, but it borders on such. It reads more like a publisher's notes for the book than a legitimate encyclopedia article. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 19:51, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails to meet Notability_(books) - author is not historically notable, and this is a forthcoming book anyway. (I note that the author's contributions all seem to relate to the author and book, raising the possibility that there's a conflict of interest.) TrulyBlue (talk) 19:58, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as per this, possible Conflict of Interest. (Cheers! Want Anything? Chatty?)babylarm 20:41, 14 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Weak delete. The article is overly promotional. As for the sources, this review by Vahan Janjigian seems acceptable, but I don't see enough significant secondary coverage to satisfy WP:BK.  — Rankiri (talk) 21:21, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable as far as I can see. Rather similar in tone to the publishers' blurb with some phrases clearly cut and pasted. I also wonder if there is a conflict of interest. --Duncan (talk) 23:09, 14 April 2010 (UTC)--Duncan (talk) 23:09, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:10, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete or incubate per WP:CRYSTAL. I found some possible sources at Google news. The first is an op-ed piece in the Washington Post by the author. The second is about Davos and mentions the forthcoming book at CNN. An article at WSJ briefly mentions the book as forthcoming.  I'm not sure these sources alone would allow the book to pass notability, yet, so incubation is possible. Bearian (talk) 21:11, 15 April 2010 (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.