Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lists of controversial books

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The result was delete. JForget 00:39, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lists of controversial books[edit]

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Unencyclopaedic, especially the last column, and per WP:INDISCRIMINATE, see also WP:Articles for deletion/List of controversial books. Kayau Voting IS evil 02:00, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. —Cliff smith ^talk 15:50, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is entirely original research and synthesis. While the idea of an article on books with significant controversies surrounding them is an inherently good idea, this article has too many flaws, and can safely be deleted (or userfied) without losing valuable content. Summaries are OR, many of the books listed dont have mention of the controversies in their main articles. some controversies, such as Kim's, are generic for a long list of older works. we would need clear inclusion criteria for a list, and the term "controversial" cannot provide a clear inclusion criteria. references dont seem to support enough of the article to salvage it. A better list is List of books banned by governments. the actal American Library Association list of controversial/banned books over the years could be an article by itself, and would contain most of these books. if article creator is interested, maybe that would be a better article to create with some help.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:03, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Mercurywoodrose, or possibly redirect to List of books banned by governments. Tavix | Talk 03:33, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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