Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Resistance (Malley novel)


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The result was keep. BD2412 T 00:26, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

The Resistance (Malley novel)

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NN novel, fails the GNG and WP:BOOK. No reliable sources proffered (for over a decade), zero substantive coverage in reliable, third-party sources found. Article has been notability tagged for several years. Created by a SPA whose sole Wikipedia activity is in this article and another article of a book by this same NN author. Deprodded with the fascinating edit summary of "Part of a notable trilogy by a notable author. Consider merging, perhaps." (As it happens, articles on the author have already been deleted three times, so merging to what, exactly? is at issue.)   Ravenswing     00:03, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions.   Ravenswing      00:03, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 00:12, 23 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep (the book has been reviewed in The Times) or merge to the first book of this notable trilogy, i.e. The Declaration (novel). The trilogy has been noted by members of the academy who study dystopian themes in young adult literature, e.g. . pburka (talk) 00:36, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * This is at least a merge to The Declaration (novel) but might be a keep as demonstrated by Pburka. To which I would also add this review from Kirkus. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 02:02, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep, meets WP:NBOOK, and WP:GNG, multiple independent reviews of this book, in addition to Kirkus, there is School Library Journal, and Booklist (here), Horn Book Guide (which some may call tiny and irrelevant, i call them succint:)), and Voice of Youth Advocates (here). Coolabahapple (talk) 05:43, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per Pburka. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:31, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, reviews suggest borderline meeting of NBOOK. Would be nice to add them to the article which currently is a fancrufty mess. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 02:15, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I have tried to pare back the fancruft though it is hard having not read the book. I don't really like linking to library catalog reproductions of critical reviews and it appears that all but Kirkus' review will be need to be accessed using subscription databases so I have not incorporated those into the article. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:38, 28 July 2020 (UTC)


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