Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Kingdom Series


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The result was no consensus. (WP:NPASR.) (Non-administrator closure.) Northamerica1000(talk) 16:34, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

The Kingdom Series

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Non-notable self-published series by non-notable author. Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  08:24, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep It's true the first four books were self-published. They were so successful (in the top ten best-sellers list, according to the Christian Booksellers Association for Christian Youth Literature for the month of December 2008) that Black was signed to Multnomah Publishing in 2008.Source: Williston Herald and Grand Forks Herald. Even though sourcing is mostly local. There is national sourcing such as Focus on the Family and The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. --  GreenC  18:26, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * reply - so they appeared on a specialized minority bestseller list for a single month; and have been reviewed in a couple of publications, one not known for literary reviews and the other highly obscure. Still no case here for actual notability under WP:BOOK. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  06:26, 26 January 2014 (UTC).
 * I disagree. Christian books are their own genre, they are not "minorities", we don't discriminate, the sources are appropriate for the subject matter. --  GreenC  16:09, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 00:30, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 01:00, 3 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep I'm not familiar with this series, but looking at the sources, I agree that that sources are appropriate for the subject and seem to pass WP:Source and WP:BKCRIT. Additional reliable sources could be added without much difficulty. I have some familiarity with the publishing industry and this series appears to have far better sales, reviews, and press than most self-published works (at least from what a google search can reveal). The Christian book genre is not a "minority" genre. Edit Ferret (talk) 19:44, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
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