Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Finding rare books

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 delete. MBisanz ^talk 03:33, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Finding rare books[edit]

This article appears to be a how-to guide. I don't doubt that the author has acted in good faith and has tried to be helpful, but there is no encyclopedic topic being commented on in this article. It may be possible to find a use for this author's experience in wikipedia, but not in this way. Richard Cavell (talk) 11:26, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete while assuming good faith on the part of the author. McWomble (talk) 11:28, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as well written original research -- Fiddle Faddle (talk) 11:31, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete; Wikipedia's not a how-to. Stifle (talk) 11:33, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as WP:OR, and unencyclopedic in nature. Alphageekpa (talk) 11:34, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - For all of the above reasons stated. BritishWatcher (talk) 13:13, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As theres no sources and no real assertion of notability or really any way to search for any sources about this type of article, delete. It reads like a how to guide. --Banime (talk) 18:41, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment We welcome new contributors, and I hope that the author understands that the comments above are directed toward the article, not the author. In this case, Wikipedia has a specific policy against "how to" guides WP:NOT#HOWTO, listed under the category of "What Wikipedia is not". Mandsford (talk) 18:58, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I was going to suggest copying this over to wikihow, but they seem to have a good article (http://www.wikihow.com/Buy-Rare-Books) on this topic already. Perhaps the author could contribute some knowledge to that page. Grandmartin11 (talk) 22:08, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Wikipedia is not a repository for how-to guides Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 19:49, 28 November 2008 (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.