Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nancy Weber

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 Keep. SynergeticMaggot 00:22, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nancy Weber

Author claims a fairly large bibliography, but a Google search for "Nancy Weber" "The Playgroup" OR "The Life Swap" OR "Brokenhearted" OR "Seagull: The Musical" OR "Party Math" yields only 171 hits (107 unique). This means that the name Nancy Weber appears with ANY of the titles of her works only 171 times, strongly suggesting that none are particularly notable. The Life Swap, which according to the article is the work she is "primarily known for," was recently republished by vanity press iUniverse, a strong sign of non-notability, particularly when considered with the Googe results. That article seems to claim that the book inspired a reality show of the same name, but the IMDB lists no TV show by that name. Talk:Nancy Weber also indicates that she edited the article herself, strengthening the case for it being a vanity article. I am also nominating the one of her books which has an article:

• The Life Swap

-Elmer Clark 07:43, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Keep I'm not familiar with her stuff, but in Googling "Nancy Weber" "Life Swap" I get 218 hits, topped with this Observer article. As these things go, it looks legit. - Corporal Tunnel 15:29, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep per User:Corporal Tunnel. --HResearcher 01:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletions. -- the wub "?!" 09:47, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment A quick Library of Congress search suggests she had 4 books published - "Life Swap" (published by Dial Press), "Lily, where’s your daddy?" (R. Marek), "The Playgroup" (St. Martin's Press/Marek), and "Brokenhearted" (Dutton). Looks like Life Swap is in a reasonable number of libraries, too. It was first published in 1974, and I expect it probably went out of print well before the Web became popular. - makomk 11:09, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
  • As far as I can tell, none of those in any way resemble vanity presses, either. - makomk 13:33, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
    • According to The Life Swap, it was reissued by iUniverse, which is a vanity press. However, I now agree the article should be kept. -Elmer Clark 02:19, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. There are a couple of other writers using the name, but have a middle name. "Nancy weber" scores 12 hits on Amazon. the majority (I would guess 8) appear to be her style of book, which score in the 1.2 - 4.5 million range of popularity. It appears that her book Brokenhearted was reviewed by at least one credible journal (Publishers Journal) per Amazon. Ohconfucius 03:15, 18 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.