Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The High Road Has Less Traffic (book)

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The result was delete. /ƒETCH COMMS / 00:18, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The High Road Has Less Traffic (book)[edit]

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Fails WP:NBOOK. Apparent self-promotion. Self-published book, no evidence or assertion of notability, article author has apparent COI. ScottyBerg (talk) 14:27, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The article provides no evidence of notability. There are only two mentions of the book in Google News; one is a press release and the other (translation) just quotes the author briefly. The book has fourteen 5-star Amazon reviews from accounts with no other reviews posted, and I suspect this article may be part of the same promotional campaign by the publisher. EALacey (talk) 16:46, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Verified EALacey's findings. Of 16 Amazon reviews of the book, all 16 gave five stars (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, FYI, received an average 3.5 stars. This woman apparently writes better than Shakespeare, and good for her.), and of the 16 reviewers, 15 of them reviewed only this book. WP Article reads like self-promotion for the author AND advertising for the book (double word score!). Who do I ask for a speedy delete around here? Mtiffany71 (talk) 05:51, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:41, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I can find no evidence of notability for the book or its author and suspect self-publicity as suggested by the editors above. --Deskford (talk) 17:00, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete article makes no claim of notability that this meets WP:BK. Jclemens (talk) 19:10, 5 October 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.