Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EarthCore (Podcast 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The result of the debate was nomination withdrawn (page will be moved) _└^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 19:17, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] EarthCore (Podcast novel)

Delete Unpublished "podcast-only" novel. 370 unique google hits for "earthcore and sigler". Article reads like an ad. Are readership figures verifiable? Should we evaluate this as a book or as a website? I will consider changing my vote if cogent arguments for retention are advanced. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 12:24, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Nomination withdrawn Isotope and I have conferred and I decided it's better to move this to Scott Sigler and defluff it, which I will do as soon as this AfD is closed. Thanks for voting. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 18:34, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per the crazed Russian. Eusebeus 12:27, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete though actually it is not an unpublished "podcast-only" novel: [1]. Still, it is the author's first novel (he previously co-wrote some game modules for "Silent Death, the Next Millennium") and sales don't appear to be overly brisk. If someone can prove he meets WP:BIO as an author, I'd say it would be best practice to create a Scott Sigler article, merge the content there, and add a link to the main EarthCore (the AU festival) article. Basically all I see right now is that the author is releasing a podcast of his novel for download and I don't see how that qualifies an article. It could be of historical interest if "podiobooks" become a well established genre (and the claim of this being the first is actually true), but it's crystalballism to say that at this point.--Isotope23 13:58, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • BTW, most of the blatent advertisment wording seems to have been added by Sigler himself. Also, claims by original author of listenership are unsourced. If kept it needs NPOV work.--Isotope23 14:05, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
    • After confering with CrazyRussian, it would be best if all Sigler's edits pertaining to his work were collected at one Scott Sigler article. This can just be a redirect to the main article.Removed my opinion.--Isotope23 18:33, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. RGTraynor 15:34, 26 April 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.