User talk:Eraser1

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Proposed deletion of Final Solution (Book)

The article Final Solution (Book) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

This book does not appear to be notable. All the references are sourcing the content of the book, there are no references to show that the book itself has attracted any attention.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Elen of the Roads (talk) 23:41, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion nomination of Final Solution (Book)

I have nominated Final Solution (Book), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Final Solution (Book). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. Elen of the Roads (talk) 21:59, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, look.

You said:

"This article has been proposed to be deleted because the content does not appear to be notable. However, this article is the first of several articles I am planning to write as a series of novels written with the title Final Solution. The series is going to cover the content of each book and the comparison between the true history and the historical fiction it is based on. Stories based on actual facts of World War II, Josef Mengele, and the many references to the term Final Solution are a fascinating topic for me and I believe this series will be quite notable when all is said and done. Currently, I am compiling data and will add my second article to companion this one very soon.

As the author of this article I would like to request to move it back into my user space until I complete some of the tie in articles I wish to write. My series would include, The Final Solution (Jason Bailey), Final Solution (Lawrence Graham), and Final Solution (Richard Peck). The idea of these articles is to compare the difference between the coined term "Final Solution" historically to the fictional uses for it in literature. I understand that the article does not appear notable on its own but I believe when it is included in my series, this topic of comparison will be notable. I will wait until I get your permission before moving the article back to my user space. Thank you."

There are several problems with this.

Firstly, your novel. It's self-published, which is a big mark against it. We do have some articles on self-published material, but there has to be something else about it (for example, Atlanta Nights). If a book is published by a major publisher, that usually means that it's good enough to have drawn the attention of someone whose job it is to find really good material. If a book is self-published, that usually means that the author had a book, wasn't able to convince a professional good-material-selector, and had some money. (And yes, I know that there have been books that got rejected by a whole bunch of major publishers before finally being accepted, at which point they became huge successes. There have been even more books that got rejected by a whole bunch of major publishers... full stop.)

Also, bear in mind our guidelines on conflict of interest. (Someone who benefits directly from the subject of an article having more publicity) is never the best person to decide (whether Wikipedia should have an article about that subject).

You also said "I understand that the article does not appear notable on its own but I believe when it is included in my series, this topic of comparison will be notable."

How can you make sure that people will only read the article as part of your series? What if they find it via the "random article" link?

Every article has to stand on its own.

As for your proposal to compare the contents of novels called "Final Solution" with the actual historic events of the Holocaust, I strongly suggest that you read our policies on original research. DS (talk) 15:18, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]