Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deadest Rapper Alive

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The result was delete. Tawker (talk) 06:17, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Deadest Rapper Alive[edit]

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Promotional article on almost unknown book--WorldCat shows only one library in the US that holds it. The author is equally non-notable-- Worldcat shows only other book, also in one library only. [1]

Almost all the reviews are from blogs, except for one blog-style column in a local magazine, cited here to make it look like two different titles. (there were some dead links I could not see, but they did not sound promising) DGG ( talk ) 19:07, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:59, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I think a weak case could be made for this self-published book. It attracted attention from regional sources (Philadelphia magazine and the Philadelphia Inquirer), but I'm really not seeing much beyond that. Those sources indicate that it caused a controversy online, but the controversy seems limited in scope to bloggers and local fans. The article itself doesn't make much effort to show non-local coverage, and the blogger reviews are a bit damning. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:30, 31 March 2014 (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.