Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The CODE for Global Ethics

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. JForget 22:22, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The CODE for Global Ethics[edit]

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Article was marked for csd. Article's author removed tag. Article then prod'd; author again removed tag, giving no reason. The article does not cite credible evidence that the book meets the guidelines in WP:NBOOK and a Google search does not suggest that the book has been the subject of critical and/or disinterested discussion. Jimmy Pitt talk 22:13, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. -- Favonian (talk) 22:18, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The article neither claims nor demonstrates that this book satisfies notability criteria. --Deskford (talk) 22:29, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note also evidence of possible conflict of interest: the author's website states that the book may be obtained by emailing someone called Carole Jean, and this article was contributed by editor Carole Jean (talk · contribs). --Deskford (talk) 22:43, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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A search on Google about “The Code for Global Ethics” has rendered 23,200 results. This is an important book that was the object of a thorough analysis at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Humanist Association in San Jose, CA, on June 2-4, 2010. The fact that this book is controversial should not be a reason for censorship. The article is a first draft that will be improved upon in the coming days. C. J. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carole Jean (talk • contribs) 22:32, 17 July 2010 (UTC) — Carole Jean (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Delete or Userfy until some external sources can be found. The book exists, it is published by a real publisher (not self-published), and it is available through normal commercial channels; so far so good. However, I could not find a single reference about the book in reliable sources. There are a lot of Google hits, but they are to blogs etc. So it currently fails the notability test. Suggestions for the author if she decides to improve the article and try again: first, read the notability requirements at WP:N; the absolute requirement is that there must be independent reliable sources talking about the book. If there aren't, then no amount of rewriting is going to make the article notable enough for Wikipedia. Those sources need to be cited in the article in a references section; you can learn how to do that here. The article currently does too much advocating for the author's viewpoint, instead of presenting information ABOUT the book. There are too many "see also" entries, many only tangentially related to the book. Finally, if the article is userfied, the name should be changed to "The Code for Global Ethics", losing the all-caps CODE. --MelanieN (talk) 15:34, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per Nom. Raw Google searches mean nothing. There are only 2 GScholar hits for this subject - the book itself and a pdf on the author.[1] There are only 2 GBooks hits for this subject, one of which is the book itself.[2] The are zero Gnew hits on the book.[3] Edward321 (talk) 23:47, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - could not find suitable independent sources. Racepacket (talk) 20:15, 24 July 2010 (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.