Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Forgotten Son


 * 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   redirect to William Henry Kimball and delete history per consensus. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:22, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

The Forgotten Son

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Contested PROD (by creator). I can't find any evidence of notability for this book, even though it's an interesting subject. I'd love to be proven wrong, but I'm not seeing it. The Blade of the Northern Lights ( 話して下さい ) 22:54, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 23:50, 5 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment The AfD tag was removed from the page, and then another user (presumably acting in good faith, not being aware of the AfD discussion) blanked the article and replaced it with a redirect. The deletion process is now in disarray. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:06, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Nonetheless, the book is probably not notable: the only reference I can find is in a Mormon History Association newsletter list of new books and the stated pubisher, Downs Printing in Hyrum, UT, is in reality a printer not a publisher, indicating that the work was self-published. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:11, 6 March 2012 (UTC)


 * If it was even marginally notable, I'd have just closed it and let it sit as a redirect, but I'm not even seein enough for that. The Blade of the Northern Lights  ( 話して下さい ) 18:59, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * While I'm tempted to agree, can an AFD discussion result in deletion for the redirect? Or should we punt to RFD? UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 20:19, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. I reverted the illegal redirect, and suggest deletion. The book does not seem to be notable, and there are other, more notable, books with the same title, so a redirect would be confusing. -- 202.124.75.135 (talk) 11:28, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not a notable work; apparently self-published. At most, redirect to William Henry Kimball, which itself is a borderline case for existence. (Sorry, I was the editor who redirected it. I was unaware of the ongoing AFD; I should have checked.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 20:44, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
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