Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fear (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. Withdrawn by nominator. Cirt (talk) 09:47, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fear (novel)[edit]

Article has not had any sources at all since it was created April 2006. Article basically only contains some information on the Plot. If the novel is notable and discussed in secondary sources, that is not asserted in the article's present state. Cirt (talk) 03:44, 20 January 2008 (UTC).[reply]

Keep The length of time that an article has been unsourced isn't a valid deletion reason. An article being comprised mostly of plot summary is also not a valid deletion reason. These are reasons for "unreferenced" tags and "plot" tags, not deletion. A search for the title and the author's name comes back with 52,000 results, some of which are almost surely reliable sources. Rray (talk) 03:54, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Sources that actually discuss and analyze the article's subject in secondary sources, or just hits from booksellers? Cirt (talk) 03:57, 20 January 2008 (UTC).[reply]
Keep. Novels by notable authors are inherently notable. Hubbard is independently notable as an author beyond the Scientology stuff. 23skidoo (talk) 04:05, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Don't you think that the subject of the article should satisfy criteria (1) at Wikipedia:Notability (books) ? Cirt (talk) 04:16, 20 January 2008 (UTC).[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. -- -- pb30<talk> 04:50, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Secondary sources do exist; see [1]. Zagalejo^^^ 09:31, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Reply: Nomination withdrawn, per Zagalejo (talk · contribs). Cirt (talk) 09:43, 20 January 2008 (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.