Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Real Cool Killers


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The result was   keep. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:04, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

The Real Cool Killers

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Fails WP:NBOOK. Has no sources and has been tagged since 2009. It mainly consists of a VERY long Plot section. No significant coverage in Google News. Is occasionally mentioned in some crime books. Bbb23 (talk) 17:44, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:52, 21 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment. I've found a few sources and have added them to the article, one of which is by a notable crime fiction author.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 11:35, 21 February 2012 (UTC)tokyogirl79
 * Keep. It could definitely use more fleshing out and biblio-love, but there's a lot of books out there that talk about this book and are written by people I'd consider to be authorities, such as university faculty and crime novelists. The majority of them are university press books, which suggests to me that this book (and Hines's work in general) is discussed regularly in classes. At the absolute least this would be a redirect to Chester Himes. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 11:59, 21 February 2012 (UTC)tokyogirl79
 * The two "reviews" are very brief (and I added that to the article, in all fairness), but I can't see what the books say. I'm just thinking about how "significant" the coverage is. I'll let others weigh in, but, regardless, your work improving the article is appreciated.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:01, 22 February 2012 (UTC)


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


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BusterD (talk) 23:21, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

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


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, B  music  ian  01:56, 5 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment/Keep: Noticed that it's being |repackaged as part of a bundle called "Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s" by the nonprofit publisher of classic American literature, Library of America, which, while not exactly a news source, appears to be at least somewhat notable and independent (why else would they include it as one of 5 books to represent the decade's crime novels?). --Pusillanimous (talk&bull;contribs) 08:59, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
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