Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Fooling of America


 * 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. WP:SNOW  MBisanz  talk 00:16, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

The Fooling of America

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The article has no sources and this book does not seem to be notable. Its author, Pío Andrade, Jr., does seem to be notable but his article also has some issues. The subject of the book, Carlos P. Romulo, was an important figure in the history of the Philippines. This article serves mainly as a WP:Coatrack to make allegations against him, as does Dr. Andrade's to a lesser extent. Northwestgnome (talk) 15:45, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I can't find reviews for this book nor good hits in Philippines only Google searches such as this one which produced only hits in UP Diliman's and De la Salle University's online book search tool and WikiPilipinas (a Filipino wiki whose articles are based mostly on Wikipedia). Normal googling, google books and google scholar didn't do better either. The strongest hit that I got is a passing mention here. There's also an amusing but still unsourced blurb here which seems to sum up its reception.-- Lenticel ( talk ) 16:22, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Lack of reliable sources concerning the supposed claims in the book. Only reference is the author himself, and nearly no coverage in popular media... sounds like a fringe theory to me. --Aeon17x (talk) 16:40, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Book appears to have little independent notability.  There's not much useful, but potentially a bit could be merged into Carlos P. Romulo and Pío Andrade, Jr.. Cool3 (talk) 17:03, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete. Definitely not notable. Ignored by the press, ignored by the National Historical Commission, ignored by the Academe... how much more un-notable can you get? - Alternativity (talk) 17:07, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Does not meet WP:BK standards. Pastor Theo (talk) 00:15, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - Now that you mention it, I do recall the author saying that the book was self-published after his frustration in not having anyone sponsor his work. That makes it all the more non-notable. --Aeon17x (talk) 23:42, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions.  —Bluemask (talk) 07:18, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


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