Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plant Teacher

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 03:24, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Plant Teacher[edit]

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I don't think this self-published book meets WP:NBOOK or WP:GNG. It does not appear to have received multiple reviews in reliable, independent sources. The HuffPost review mentioned in the article is a "HuffPost Contributor" blog entry in which contributors control their own work and posted freely to our site. It received several indie awards and honorable mentions, as listed in the article, but (in my opinion) none that are particularly notable enough. The author does not have a Wikipedia article so there is not a good redirect target. DanCherek (talk) 01:09, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. DanCherek (talk) 01:09, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It's a CreateSpace book that has won some pay-to-enter awards; this is WP:PROMO. I don't see any evidence for WP:NBOOK or WP:GNG. -- asilvering (talk) 01:37, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Previously nominated via WP:PROD, ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 08:54, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. In ProQuest Newspapers I only find two press releases, which are not independent. No hits in google news. No hits in Booklist or Publishers Weekly, which is almost shocking; I consider showing up in PW as kind of a bare minimum notability threshold for a post-1990s book. I haven't looked at the awards but they must be pay-to-play for a book with so little coverage -- real awards would have shown up in the news searchers. The single Huffpost article wouldn't be enough for NBOOK even if it was RS, and it appears to be a blog post. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:28, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Note that the critic mentioned in the article (Joel Hirst) appears to have links to the author, as he thanked her in the acknowledgements of his own book. Also note that Caroline Alethia is a pen name; Amazon and other sites identify her as Ellen Lee Alderton. pburka (talk) 21:49, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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