Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Great C


 * 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 keep. The case for WP:NBOOK #5 is present, uncontested, and persuasive.

The text of NBOOK #5 gives decent and guidance on its narrow application. NBOOK 5 states in part: "This does not simply mean that the book's author is him/herself notable by Wikipedia's standards; rather, the book's author is of exceptional significance and the author's life and body of written work would be a common subject of academic study". Two editors signed onto this, none rebutted it, although none offered evidence to support the claim, so on that question, I'm left with nothing except closer discretion and judgment. A quick look at Gbooks and Gscholar on the author, however, as well as the legacy and influence section of Dick's biography, confirm a number of books and scholarly journal articles on the works of the author from varying perspectives. Failing a broader community discussion to the contrary, I am persuaded that Dick meets the standard of exceptional significance, and as a result, this short story meets the high hurdle of NBOOK 5. --j⚛e deckertalk 21:46, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

The Great C

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Non-notable short story that fails WP:NBOOK and WP:GNG, despite being by a well-known author. Mikeblas (talk) 14:55, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep. I'm still digging, but I've found enough to suggest that the short story is notable, especially since it was part of the inspiration for a larger work by PKD, Deus Irae. I am running into the issue that most of the coverage is in books as opposed to other sources, but it's received mention in various books about PKD over a fairly good span of time. I could also probably argue that PKD is one of those rare, rare authors that is of exceptional significance to the point where this could pass under criteria 5 of WP:NBOOK because of PKD's significance in the sci-fi genre. He's pretty much at that level for the most part. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   03:59, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 10:05, 16 June 2014 (UTC)


 * I had an argument all prepared, but already laid it out in the second half of her comment, so I'm just going to say keep per Tokyogirl79.  G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 14:07, 19 June 2014 (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.