Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whatever Became of the Squishies


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 12:45, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Whatever Became of the Squishies

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Unremarkable book, likely self-promotional. I predict a snowfall. &mdash; Timneu22 · &#32; talk 12:45, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Squish Likely self-promotional? check the first editor's name... Totnesmartin (talk) 12:51, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Indeed. I didn't read the article thoroughly enough; a quick glance led me to see this was rubbish and quickly create the AfD. :) &mdash; Timneu22 · &#32; talk 13:25, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Blatant self-promotion. -- Lord Pistachio  talk 14:45, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as article fails notability criteria for books. Every fictional work has a plot and a set of characters. Armbrust  Talk  Contribs  17:41, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Although seemingly written by the book's author, the article maintains a neutral POV, so does not qualify for deletion as "self-promotion" (which is not in itself necessarily a reason for deletion anyway). But the book is clearly not notable per WP:NBOOK. Jimmy Pitt   talk  17:50, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Although I'd definitely hit it. --Œcolampadius (talk) 18:17, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:27, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per the above, with encouragement and warm regards to the author. :) Wiki Dao  &#9775;  (talk)  19:09, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - would need reviews to help us accertain notability, Sadads (talk) 19:13, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, but resubmit after it meets notability requirements for books, which are nominal. SharedPlanetType (talk) 20:57, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Out of curiosity, why doesn't Jonathan Eldred get a mention in the article? He is apparently a co-author in the Amazon listing, and on TeenClassics is 'creator' while Chilton is 'author'. Odd. Interesting that despite publication on August 17th, 2010 "This item is no longer available" there. One month out for a new author is a little soon for any real notability (as opposed to publicity push and buzz) to show. If and when, come back. Till then, good luck. I won't be buying it (I do read children's/young adults' fiction - some of it, anyway - but I need to be convinced by characters, names and setting; here, I'm not...) but that doesn't mean no-one else will. Someone obviously bought Barbara Cartland's books (but try finding anyone who will admit to it...). Peridon (talk) 22:20, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * DeleteLooking at it on Amazon it says Eldred is the Illustrator not co-author and it's not listed as a picture book, so I assume he's not listed as most novels don't include the illustrator with the author - unless its a collaboration like the Edge series. Chilton is clearly the author by the publication. I'm a fan of teen fiction so I might give it a try though, it'll be a nice change from wizards and vampires to read something original. But yes seems a bit early for notability. Resubmit at a later date. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarahmilnes (talk • contribs) 22:54, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
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