Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dead in The Water (novel)

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. Taking action to transform the article will be up to subsequent editors. Geschichte (talk) 08:42, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dead in The Water (novel)[edit]

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This is the 2nd book in a series of four, which probably wouldn't meet NBOOK as a series either. There's no coverage to speak of and the only sources are catalogues. Paul ❬talk❭ 11:22, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Paul ❬talk❭ 11:22, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This isn't much of an article but the work seems to meet WP:NBOOK, which only requires two reviews. There is one in the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books[1], one in Booklist[2], one in Kirkus[3] Haukur (talk) 19:04, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: My recommendation here would be to turn it into a series page rather than a page for an individual book. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 04:58, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

wouldn't we need reviews/reports on the series as a whole for a series wikiarticle? Coolabahapple (talk) 07:19, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We would, but there should be enough for the series as a whole to establish notability. I found a couple for the first book. It's harder for the last two in the series, but I figure that we could easier justify one series page than a couple of individual ones. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 09:10, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, meets WP:NBOOK, multiple reviews as brought out above plus heres one from School Library Journal. Coolabahapple (talk) 07:33, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: and convert into series article per ReaderofthePack above. The series collectively will meet notability. If anyone of the individual books becomes enough for a stand alone article, it can be split per WP:SUMMARY. // Timothy :: talk 12:24, 4 November 2020 (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.