- 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 keep/merge. I'm basically declaring a mistrial here. The nominator is also the author, but doesn't want the article deleted. I don't believe I've ever run into that before, and the only logical course of action I can see is to simply discount comments by the nominator as they cancel each other out. That being done, the only consensus I can see is for a merger. Beeblebrox ( talk) 21:11, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Zachary Quack Minimonster
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No independent reliable sources cover this topic. Fails WP:NBOOK. Noahe123 ( talk) 00:39, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
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- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Noahe123 ( talk) 05:23, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. Noahe123 ( talk) 05:23, 31 August 2019 (UTC))
- Delete or redirect to author Lynley Dodd . Totally fails WP:NBOOK. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 00:49, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
DeleteMerge to Lynley Dodd. Does not satisfy WP:NBOOK. - Lopifalko ( talk) 09:42, 1 September 2019 (UTC)- Keep. This is one of the internationally known Hairy Maclary series by the award-winning author whose series has a best-seller for decades. [1] Meets WP:NBOOK#5. We have linked articles on the whole series - are you considering deleting the rest of them? StarryGrandma ( talk) 19:15, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
References
- ^ Motion, Samantha (16 November 2016). "Why Lynley Dodd's Hairy Maclary is still New Zealand's favourite after 35 years". New Zealand Herald.
- Yes as a matter of fact I think we might be. We have a few of them at AfD right now. All or most are stubs without sufficient sources. - Lopifalko ( talk) 19:23, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
- Insufficient sources in an article is not grounds for deletion. The nominator created these articles, then nominated for deletion after pushback. They do not appear to be experienced enough to know about WP:BEFORE. This book has been named a Best Picture Book, not just shortlisted for the award. [1] I have updated the article. StarryGrandma ( talk) 20:44, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
References
- ^ "Notable New Zealand Children's and Young Adult Books of 2006" (PDF). 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- Question Noahe123, I am very confused about your actions in regards to these books. You created this article yourself one week ago. I see that you have also created stub articles for many other Hairy Maclary and Slinky Malinki books which were previously redlinks, and at the same time as creating them, you have added the tag to improve the article's references. Then you have nominated two older articles, and this one of your own creation, for deletion. I don't understand why you would do this. Per WP:ATD-M, it would seem more sensible to merge the existing articles into one or some well-referenced articles about the series or character/s, than to create many stubs which you then nominate for deletion. We then end up with editors who use Google search results to gauge notability, or simply assess the article as it is, rather than as it could be. Please could you explain your rationale in creating and attempting to delete these articles? As there are different editors participating in the three current AfD discussions, I am going to copy this question to the other AfDs. RebeccaGreen ( talk) 19:43, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
- Keep or Merge to Hairy Maclary. Now that this article has been created, and information and sources have been added to it, it would be a waste just to delete it. I haven't yet looked for sourcing on this book, but in case the AfD is closed, I wanted to state my opinion that the series is definitely notable, and this information should either be provided in an article about the series or an individual article, not deleted or redirected. RebeccaGreen ( talk) 20:03, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting to allow time to evaluate the recently-added sources.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 13:14, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
Relisting comment: Relisting to allow time to evaluate the recently-added sources.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 13:14, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
- Merge to Hairy Maclary. The series itself is notable but I'm quite skeptical that this individual entry is. Best, Barkeep49 ( talk) 03:11, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
- Agree, merge per Barkeep49, with redirect to that article. Killer Chihuahua 18:47, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
- Keep. The Hairy Maclary series is definitely notable. I created these articles and then nominated them for deletion after pushback. Noahe123 ( talk) 05:18, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
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