Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A Man Named Dave

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The result was redirect to Dave Pelzer. Sasquatch t|c 00:09, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A Man Named Dave[edit]

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I didn't find any reliable sources to show this book passes GNG. Atlantima ~✿~ (talk) 21:24, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

keep Notability depends on the earlier volume, The Lost Boy, which achieved massive coverage in the lowbrow book clubs and breakfast TV. As this is a sequel within the same overall memoir, it would seem to qualify likewise. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:51, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

notability is not inherited-- Atlantima ~✿~ (talk) 02:01, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Although notability is not inherited, this book has been on both the NY Times hardcover and paperback top 10 non-fiction bestsellers lists. It is in the Library of Congress catalog. There are independent reviews available online. The article needs work, certainly, but proof of notability does exist. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 23:26, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Odd that you would say that being in the LOC makes it notable... would you also say that every tweet ever posted on Twitter from 2006 to 2010 is also notable? Because those are in the LOC too. Independent reviews online? Where? I didn't find them in my search. -- Atlantima ~✿~ (talk) 02:01, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as notable. —→Davey2010→Talk to me!→ 23:37, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:43, 14 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Dave Pelzer unless substantially improved and reviews added. I'm surprised that I could find so little online about this[1][2] but it doesn't seem to have got the same press as his earlier books. The article is totally lacking in encyclopedic content, being nothing but a plot summary. Pelzer is very notable, but this book doesn't appear to be, and there's nothing mergeable. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:20, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Dave Pelzer until and unless more coverage is found. J04n(talk page) 17:08, 21 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Dave Pelzer, as has been done with the succeeding book in the series (The Privilege of Youth); article's subject does not meet WP:NBOOK. Miniapolis 13:54, 22 April 2013 (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.