Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Katy (series)

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. – Joe (talk) 16:31, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Katy (series)[edit]

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The article is an overview of a series of entries, of which only 2 have articles. In addition it has almost no information and has been like that since it was created in 2009. Gonnym (talk) 09:24, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - "What Katy Did" is a fairly well-known children's book, and having this article may help people to navigate around other books in the series. Just because books in the series do not have entries in Wikipedia now does not mean that they will not have articles in the future. Vorbee (talk) 14:50, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How does having this article help to navigate? What Katy Did#Adaptations and What Katy Did#Sequels has more information than this article does. Also, while the a book is notable, the article in question has not proved that the "franchise" is, nor that the common name is "Katy". Now I'm not against this page existing, but currently, it has no information in it, not even about the 2 blue links that do exist (and has seen almost no updates since 2009 except for Wikipedia maintenance. --Gonnym (talk) 16:09, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 14:57, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to What Katy Did. I don't see enough notability as a series but it's possible if additional books or adaptations come out, the series article could be relevant. —Мандичка^YO 😜 18:32, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 07:38, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 07:38, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 15:48, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep A Google Scholar search (Katy Susan Coolidge) quickly reveals one book chapter [1] (as well as the name of the book being an homage) and a paper in a journal [2]. What Katy Did is included in Masterplots II: Juvenile & Young Adult Fiction Series. The author is cited in Guide to Literary Masters & Their Works primarily for this series. Seems to pass WP:BKCRIT criteria 1 with ease. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 14:59, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Girls' Series Fiction and American Popular Culture also seems to examine the series a whole as does this journal article (though I am unable to access this beyond a snippet). Some preliminary searching also suggests that What Katy Did at School and In the High Valley could also be notable enough to have pages, which if the majority of the series itself is individually notable would also suggest the series as a whole is too. In interests of disclosure the book chapter and journal article I posted above do seem to focus more on What Katy Did rather than the series as a whole. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 15:25, 23 July 2018 (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.