Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Waterman's Prophecy


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The result was keep. Consensus is to Keep now that new sources have been located. The question of whether this article should refocus off of the book and instead be an article about the author can be considered on the article talk page or simply through bold editing. Liz Read! Talk! 21:24, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

The Waterman's Prophecy

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Book fails WP:GNG, no significant coverage, reviews. Longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Arguably notability could be built for the author (with the bar in Arabic lower than in English) but the book simply isn't notable on its own merit. The first source is Asharq Al Awsat and sound enough, but that's all there is. Other coverage presented is marginal stuff, even in Arabic, and often (source 6 and 7) discusses the author, not the book. source 5 Khan Aljanub is a booksales site, source 2 is Worldcat... Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:39, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and Africa. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:39, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Unfortunately in recent months we’ve seen a run of new articles about Arabic novels created by editors who don’t know how to source their contributions properly, and rely on Goodreads and other UGC sites. Also it’s hard for new page reviewers to look for sources in this area since there will be little that isn’t in Arabic. Anyhow I’ve quickly found critical reviews in three major news outlets demonstrating sustained coverage in RIS so I’m satisfied this topic is notable. There are other reviews I could plough through but haven’t, and I’ve just stuck to the first page of a Google search, so not dredging up anything obscure. Mccapra (talk) 11:56, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep and turn into article about the author, whose notability I don't question for now based on awards/nominations. Individual book articles can be build from there where applicable.– sgeureka t•c 13:01, 17 October 2022 (UTC)


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