Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vitriol: A Tale of Love, Art & Explosives

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was - deleted - SimonP 14:08, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Vitriol: A Tale of Love, Art & Explosives, Rick Krassner
Articles are about 1) a supposed graphic novel and 2) a supposed main character in that novel. Each gets about 5 Google hits. Both were posted by the same person who posted John Linton Roberson, the supposed author of the supposed graphic novel (that person also posted an article on the author's wife, Kelly Pillsbury, currently on VfD). Roberson's name pops up a bunch on Google, but the novel and the character barely show up at all. Smacks of vanity. In any event, not notable. Delete. -- BD2412 talk 02:13, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)
 * Delete both. Non notable. Lack of sources. JamesBurns 05:40, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Mergeto authors article, if created. The author has 8 published books, which could be added to works on that article, not knowing about something doens't make it non-notable. I personally don't trust google for all research, much less for books. However, I dont believe the book needs its own article at this point, unless cleaned up and provide ISBN and circulation data. <> Who ? &iquest; ?  07:17, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll go with a merge, although I think even the author's notability is borderline. I don't trust Google for all research either, but graphic novels are very much a pop culture thing - if they're known, they're on the internet. I was unable to find an ISBN for this one, and it was "published by Bottomless Studio", which appears to be the author's own company. -- BD2412 talk 15:19, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)
 * Merge Rick into Vitriol and Keep. Non-notability is not a VfD criterion. Ketsuban (is 1337) 21:43, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It has other issues - possible vanity (creator also posted an article on the author's non-notable wife), and lack of verifiability. -- BD2412 talk 23:37, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)
 * Delete unless verifiability established. Radiant_* 10:40, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete both per JamesBurns and Radiant!. Quale 01:45, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unverifiable - SimonP 14:08, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)


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