Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Feline adventures

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. --Ezeu 23:44, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Feline adventures

Advertising, vanity, crystal ball Wildthing61476 17:25, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, per WP:VAIN and WP:SPAM. Creator of article's username is the first name of the author of these no doubt wonderful stories. (Am I allowed to be snarky? I sure hope so. I'm still new-ish here.) -Merope 18:13, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep itThe author of the stories is Waid Harbison, he is a good friend of mine, so I used his name as my username here. User: waid harbison 2,August 2006 (UTC)

Writing an article about a good friend still constitutes vanity. -Merope 18:41, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per Wikipedia is Not a Crystal Ball. Article can be recreated (preferably with verifiable sources) if subject achieves notability after being published. Scorpiondollprincess 18:43, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

The book is being currently published at iUniverse. Unless the book catches fire, drowns in water, or in any other way is destroyed, it will be available in book stores. It is not a prediction, it is going to happen.Also I do not believe it is advertisement at all! It is simply stating that it will be available to all bookstoresand not just a private book. That is what I was shooting for. user: waid harbison 18:58 August 2, 2006 (UTC)

• Keep It I'm new here and have just read the rules, the article seems completely abided by the rules —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jordan S. (talk • contribs).

• Comment The above user has no other contribs. Wildthing61476 21:05, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• KEEP ITI'm new here at wikipedia, but after reading the rules and regulations, I belive strongly that this article abides by the rules. user: lola stricklin 21:08 August2 2006 (UTC)

• Comment The above user also has no other contribs. Might the sockpuppets be coming? Wildthing61476 21:21, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. I disagree with the "crystal ball" comments -- the book does appear to be available -- but I do agree that the article fails to establish notability. iUniverse is a vanity press; it certainly does not establish notability for the works published through it. Being "available to all bookstores" does not establish notability. If the book actually gets shelved in a large number of bookstores, that would probably establish notability. Failing that, I think we'd need a lot more evidence (a review from a reputable reviewer, etc.) Kickaha Ota 21:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment: How is this not "crystal ball." Where is the book currently available? The article says, "The Feline Adventures is an upcoming bookseries to be published by iUniverse in the fall of 2006." and "The book plans to hit stores in September being able to order in 25,000 bookstores across America, and will also be available as an ebook and on three web sites." It sounds future-tense to me. Am I missing something here? Allisonmontgomery69 21:50, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Oops. I stand corrected; thank you. So I guess my "delete" becomes even deletier. Kickaha Ota 00:57, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. I can't find this book or author even mentioned at iUniverse or anywhere else except the freewebs page listed in the article. Fan-1967 21:53, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Doesn't matter if it's going to be published - IUniverse itself is a self-publishing label. While not by itself a problem, it's also crystal ball and the informal criteria, being more well-known than an average cookbook or programmer's manual, seems to not have been met either. --ColourBurst 06:24, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

• Coment Are you people just disgremenating us who vote to Keep it, many other people had no contribs until later on, but the people who did come in later on said that said delete had no rude comment about them. User:lola stricklin 3,August 2006 12:42 (UTC)

• Comment We aren't being rude, however, it is disconcerting that a new user's first contribution would be in an AfD. I would comment the same way if a user voted delete and it is was their first post. Wildthing61476 16:44, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, obviously. Article should be written after the book/series is successful. DrL 19:08, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, non-notable not-yet-books. Sandstein 16:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I noticed that this AfD is over a week old, should it be closed? Wildthing61476 15:15, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

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.