Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elizabeth George (Christian author)

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. Listed for 21 days with no arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:12, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Elizabeth George (Christian author)[edit]

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I cannot find any independant sources to confer notability for this author. Angryapathy (talk) 19:52, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. — —Tom Morris (talk) 20:21, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. — —Tom Morris (talk) 20:21, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Google News finds a few independent sources (mostly reviews) for each of her books (e.g. [1]). Not enough to make any of the books notable, but enough for this article, per WP:AUTH #3 ("a collective body of work, that has been the subject of ... multiple independent periodical articles or reviews"). -- 202.124.73.230 (talk) 03:13, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Are any of these reviews from reliable sources? The one you provided spelled "Oregon" wrong. Angryapathy (talk) 23:39, 9 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: phrasing the Google News search to catch multiple book reviews in one go ([2]) finds a plethora of material, mostly reliable sources, including a (rather negative) newspaper review from Australia ([3]). -- 202.124.73.85 (talk) 07:19, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:14, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 00:30, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - If the sale of 4.3 million books could be documented, that would steer towards keep. There's no real sourcing showing here though and nothing whatsoever for that assertion. Carrite (talk) 05:30, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep- her name and book titles are familiar enough with anyone who's visited a Christian bookstore. Online searches reveal plenty of possible sources. Bearian (talk) 19:07, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Now the article reads 6.5 million total copies sold with a link to a publisher's website. Using the Ronald Reagan principle of Trust But Verify towards her purported million seller, A Woman After God's Own Heart returns 489 copies on the book site ABE.com, which is in line with what a million seller would show there. This article needs further sourcing, but Rome wasn't built in a day. Carrite (talk) 06:01, 27 July 2011 (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.