Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The 22 Letters

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, although a merge discussion is highly encouraged on the article's talk page. Regards, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 22:01, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The 22 Letters[edit]

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Book does not appear to meet notability requirements Barkeep49 (talk) 22:08, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. -- --Rrburke^ekrubrR 22:16, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- I think it does meet the notability requirements, but given the publication date, the evidence of notability is probably offline. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 23:40, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Sarek. Some sources are provided to show notability, and I do not see how it would improve the encyclopedia to delete the information in this article.--Arxiloxos (talk) 00:23, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am willing to grant that sources may be off-line but I would suggest that the sources provided don't establish notability, especially the source which says that it was Puffin's 250th book. This is an interesting fact and deserves inclusion in the article, but isn't itself notable. As for the first source I can't figure out what it's sourcing to even try and check it off-line. Please realize I have tried to source the article myself on-line, including using the Comprehensive Children's Database and have been unable to find a source suggesting notability. Again agreeing that sources which suggest notability might exist off-line doesn't to me to argue in favor of keeping an article which has been around for more than 2 years.Barkeep49 (talk) 01:33, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The first cite is for the illustrator and the year of publication. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 02:45, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge I think it would be better to merge the information into the author article Clive King. His most famous book, Stig of the Dump has its own article, is still in print and is a classic of British children's literature. The 22 Letters was reasonably successful in its time but is now out of print and not well-known. I think the encyclopedia would be better served by the consolidation of the two into a single article.--Plad2 (talk) 22:54, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
merge with the author. This is a quite minor work of the notable author, in terms of impact (25 worldcat holdings only) DGG ( talk ) 04:24, 24 February 2010 (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.