Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book Vol. 2


 * 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   redirect to Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book.   Wifione    .......  Leave a message  06:16, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book Vol. 2

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A pretty blatant hoax, much like all the other Wimpy Kid based blatant hoaxes. Speedy deletion was declined for not being quite blatant enough. Unreferenced. Nothing to corroborate it on the alleged publisher's website. Nothing in Google. Given that the book is alleged to be released very soon, why is it not being advertised? Why is it not available to pre-order? Why has it not been reviewed in any newspaper? Clearly it doesn't exist. DanielRigal (talk) 19:49, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
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 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Baseball   Watcher  03:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Redirect/merge to Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book It is an actual product (I saw it advertised in a security scanner overlay display at a Wal-Mart this weekend as coming on May 10), however it is only a revised product with added pages and content and not a volume 2 as this article says. Definitely not a blatant hoax if you read this article, but only at worse mis-titled and mis-communicated as an all new title.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 07:31, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I was aware of the revised and expanded edition but I think it is beyond charitable to suggest that this article is based on a misunderstanding of that. I see it as just another in the long line of Wimpy Kid based hoaxes. I don't strongly object to it becoming a redirect but it serves no purpose that I can see and would probably need to be protected to avoid it being used for more hoaxing. --DanielRigal (talk) 19:24, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm inclined to assume good faith here. They got the date of the new edition and the number of pages right, so this is definitely a misunderstanding, not a hoax at all, from a relatively new editor who yes, has a couple of scoldings but is learning the ropes around here. I highly doubt anyone is going to type in such a long title for the sole purpose of vandalizing a page that does have correct information.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 05:46, 5 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Redirect/merge to Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book - agree, this is an actual product. An expanded and revised edition does not merit its own page. --Whiteguru (talk) 11:50, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
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