Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Fabric of Reality


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The result was speedy keep per WP:SK #1 (non-admin closure) Kraxler (talk) 23:56, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

The Fabric of Reality

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Poor article, not notable Drpixie (talk) 23:50, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've removed a lot of content that was unsourced and as such, would be considered WP:OR. I have no problem with someone wanting to merge it back into the article if they can source it. It wasn't awful-awful, but the lack of sourcing really gave it a big OR feel. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  07:31, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I've asked for help from WP:PHYSICS with finding sourcing for the now removed sections of the article. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  07:34, 2 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep. I managed to find some reviews in RS and I've removed the unsourced portions, although I need to stress that this was only done because it was completely unsourced and I do endorse the content being readded with sourcing. The book appears to be quite notable in the physics world so reviews weren't all that difficult to find, although in defense of the nominator I do have to say that they were predominantly in academic sources, which are not usually accessible by the general public - so I can see where their concerns came from. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  07:46, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. Not notable? Just one of the most widely cited and influential popular science books of all times. Instead of crying for deletion, how about just adding some of the many reviews appeared in very reputable journals and magazines.Giulioprisco (talk) 09:05, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. Widely cited in other books and papers, as you can see from a search for the title and author on both Google Books and Google Scholar.  I think there are some tools available to academicians that would be able to get a better feel for how cited it is.  Late add: to my surprise, Amazon reports citations in other books; for The Fabric of Reality it reports citations by 100 other books.TJRC (talk) 21:33, 3 September 2015 (UTC)


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