Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grow Up America!

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The result of the debate was MERGE. dbenbenn | talk 23:48, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Grow Up America!

This seems like mere advertising, the text looks like it was pasted from a promotion flyer, and the user does not have a user page. Book does not seem noteworthy (at least yet). Houshuang 03:11, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• I'm new-- please forgive me for an errors I may make. This is a book which I bought, read and know to be notable and popular. If I should do more than I already have to make it worthy, please let me know what to do. I edited the text to make it more neutral and also added a personal profile since it is apparently important for credibility. izrunas
• Um you seem to have recycled the comments from the Amazon.com review [1] or somewhere. However the book is by a notable author, Michael J. Hurd, and should be kept if the article is fixed. Kappa 10:11, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • I believe that copy/pasting a book review qualifies as copyvio. The book isn't notable where I live, but given its subject that isn't saying much :) I'd say merge or keep, depending on the book's notability. Radiant! 13:09, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
• Definatly a Copyvio at the moment, I vote Delete and stubify. --InShaneee 16:36, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Upon more reading of the rules, etc. for Wikipedia, I think it would be better to merge this entry into the Michael J. Hurd entry. Creating separate entries for the book seems overkill now. And incidentally, while portions of what I entered are indeed copied from the book's promotional material, I did so with the written consent of the publisher. Am I right, or what should I do? Thank you for your advice and guidance to this hapless newbie. izrunas
  • Getting consent from the publisher is a thoughtful step, and definitely puts you ahead of the game; I'll leave it up to others to decide the point at which promotional text is appropriate for an encyclopedia article. --Ray Radlein 01:17, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into Michael J. Hurd. The author is notable, yes, but his article is still relatively short. There is no need for a host of subordinate articles. Maybe convert this article to a redirect. GeorgeStepanek\^talk 02:53, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge makes sense to me. izrunas, please also put a copy of the consent notice from the publisher in the article's talk page. That way, future reader/editors will know that the copyright permissions have already been granted. Rossami (talk) 22:07, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Merge and Redirect. Rl 22:16, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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