Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Book of Mirdad

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The result was withdrawn. (non-admin closure) RadioFan (talk) 23:13, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Book of Mirdad[edit]

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Essay like article consisting mostly of personal opinion, unreferenced claims of notability and quotes from the book. Not clear how this might meet WP:NBOOKS RadioFan (talk) 20:48, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Article is in a pretty horrible state, but there are hints that the book may be notable. This author compares the work to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (it may also help to decipher who our mysterious Kenneth Walker of the final paragraph of the article is). It's also discussed in this book. There's a paragraph in this book. It's also listed in here, which doesn't say much by itself but, given the name of the book its listed in, it may be an indicator that it is taught on a undergraduate course somewhere. That's ignoring all hits that seem to come from New Age or mystical type sources (including Osho). Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 21:43, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 17:34, 2 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) 00:40, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Since it was totally un-sourced I stubbed it and added in some of the sources pointed out above. I think the scholarly attention that it has received indicates that it meets WP:NBOOKS. Qrsdogg (talk) 20:04, 8 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). More people might have not read this book,since only 3000 copies are in circulation. I read the Tamil translation published by Kannadasan Pathippagam, Chennai. The translator has to travel few thousand miles to get a photostat copy of this book from Dayanandha Ashramam in Rishikesh, India. There is absolutely no information why only 3000 copies are available through out this world. There is no idea why this small information about this book is being in the process of deletion. A lot more is hidden from the general public about this book. Kindly do not delete. No further edits should be made to this page.