Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Cincinnati Private Eye Protecting Princess Di: A Fascinating Footnote In History

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The result was delete , WP:SNOW/author has requested deletion. - filelake shoe 23:37, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A Cincinnati Private Eye Protecting Princess Di: A Fascinating Footnote In History

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A book that was, I believe, published last month. There is nothing in the article that demonstrates notability, either according to the general guideline or the book-specific guideline. Creator of article (and co-author) has discussed notability but has not come up with anything that would meet those guidelines. I can't find any siginificant coverage in reliable sources either. Beloved Freak 13:25, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. — Beloved Freak 13:27, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom, no claim to notability nor any sources to reinforce that it is, Sadads (talk) 13:29, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
KEEP the article. I think the article is fine. The book simply covers a seven day period from 28 years ago; and the proof is in the book itself. There was no coverage at the time of the incident 28 years ago; that is the whole concept of the book. I think it is sad and small-minded that a google search determines the nobility or credibility of all articles on wikipedia. Example: Angelina Jolie can fly to Africa and if we can't find proof through a google search does that mean she didn't really go to Arica? The article is accurate and honest and I wish it could stay on wikipedia. If not, thanks to each of you for your assistance. I did the best I could. LuvToRead3 (talk) 14:20, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Please note that the issue here is the notability of the book as a book, not the notability of the underlying events described in the book. In other words, has this book hit any best-seller lists? Has it received acclaim from any major book critics? Was the author invited on to Good Morning America or The Oprah Winfrey Show to promote the book? These questions are an oversimplification; the actual criteria for notability of a book can be found at Wikipedia:Notability (books). Your most likely way to qualify this book as notable is the criterion "The book has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial published works whose sources are independent of the book itself, with at least some of these works serving a general audience." Again, see Wikipedia:Notability (books) for details. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:21, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The event is notable but that's irrelevant. This book is too new to be a notable as a book. Maybe in a few months the article may be worth re-creating, but Wikipedia is not a crystal ball so we shouldn't keep the article just based on an expectation of future notability. ~Amatulić (talk) 17:59, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. With zero Google News hits for the title, I suspect that it will be difficult to establish notability for this book under WP:BK. As I stated above, the notability of the underlying events is irrelevant here, just the notability of the book. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:11, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for lack of notability. As we've mentioned above, we're talking about the book itself, not the individual or the incident - and, on that score, I can't find any material talking about the book itself. That said, Usual caveats apply; it's a new book, after all. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 14:35, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The book has been on the market for three weeks. So to answer the questions of some of the members here: No the book has not received any major awards and, NO,Oprah has not invited me to apprear on her now over TV show. I've read descriptions of hundreds of books on this site and I think this listing is just fine. I'm not upset that "things here did not go my way." (Rather a personal insult, I think, as if I'm some spoiled brat.) All I really wanted to do was place a noteworthy article. I don't care for the hurtful personal insults. I'm happy that some of you are obviously much smarter than I am and I'm very proud of you. However, I am not totally stupid as I do know that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. I no longer care for the negative attitude (towards me) of this site. Please read the articles for most of the books on this site and show me the "notability." I admit that I am not educated enough to do anything more here. By all means, remove the article. Thank you. LuvToRead3 (talk) 20:08, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.