Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Night Terrors (Buffy 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 delete. Jayjg ^(talk) 04:11, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Night Terrors (Buffy novel)[edit]

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This "choose your own adventure" type book is not notable. Abductive (reasoning) 18:22, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment What is the standard for judging the notability of a book? Reviews? Number of copies sold? Just asking, so we do not !vote on the basis of whether we like the Buffy fiction franchise.Edison (talk) 23:13, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Same as most things - coverage in multiple reliable sources. In the case of books, that usually means reviews. --ThaddeusB (talk) 23:42, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or merge into a more general article covering the various Buffy novels. Collectively, they are certainly notable so this material shouldn't be deleted outright but instead should either be improved or merged into a larger article. --ThaddeusB (talk) 23:42, 28 October 2009 (UTC)-[reply]
Merge as per ThaddeusB. Edward321 (talk) 14:59, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 00:28, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This appears to be the work of someone trying to fill in redlinks at Buffyverse novels. I'm personally not convinced that reviews alone make a book notable (reviews alone don't make a restaurant notable, for example) but in any case there isn't a high enough level of significant coverage in reliable independent sources to satisfy WP:N. A good faith Google search turns up only sales listings, the official site of the author, and the Buffy wiki. - DustFormsWords (talk) 00:38, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Lack of significant coverage in multiple independent sources = notability not established. Dawn Bard (talk) 16:47, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Completely unnotable book, fails WP:BK -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 21:15, 10 November 2009 (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.