Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Shadow Government (novel)


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 07:14, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

The Shadow Government (novel)

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Delete. non-notable per WP:BK. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 23:09, 20 October 2010 (UTC) 
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  --  Marcus   Qwertyus   23:27, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Middle East-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:41, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I adjusted the title and author according to worldcat,. (should be: The Shadow Government (Hukumat al-zill : riwayah) (Arabic: رواية حكومة الظل‎) and author (Mundhir al-Qabbani, also known as Mundhir Qabbani). The book is real enough. I found & added several Arabic source to document it further, by searching for the Arabic characters in Google. I was able to find a specific reference to best-seller status, and to the comparison with Dan Brown.  And here's the translation of the page in the Arabic Wikipedia (I added the interwiki link):, from which I added a plot summary. The Arabic sources I found were not ideal--I'd have preferred a major newspaper--but I am willing to accept the judgment of the relevant language Wikipedia in cases where we cannot really judge for ourselves.     DGG ( talk ) 05:30, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Keep, There are good refeences. Rirunmot (talk) 01:25, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: This nom was one of a bunch all at once by the nominator that even included novels by John Grisham. I don't have the time or inclination to look into yet another one, but everyone I looked at was a keep, and in the absence of a understandable basis for this nomination, we should keep this one as well.--Milowent • talkblp-r  05:35, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per DGG. --Arxiloxos (talk) 07:36, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep This article has room for expansion. Housewatcher (talk) 02:21, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
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