Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aslan's How

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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. Keilanatalk(recall) 01:05, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Aslan's How

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The article is an in-universe plot repetition from the Chronicles of Narnia book articles, and has no notability or referencing outside of them. As such, this is just duplication and should be deleted. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 20:15, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete seconded (nothing to add to nom's rationale). --Paularblaster (talk) 20:24, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete nn, and an unlikely search term. JJL (talk) 21:17, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Oh, and transwiki anything not already on wikia. --Paularblaster (talk) 21:47, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Aslan's How is noted and referenced in at least twenty books besides the original works. Talk of duplication would be more convincing if others weren't simultaneously trying to destroy those other articles too, e.g. Another Narnia AFD today. Seems like a witch hunt :) Colonel Warden (talk) 21:51, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
If you find any actual references and not a listing of the Narnia books in which the how is mentioned, let us know. And save your breath about witch hunts, its embarrassing. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 23:17, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
comment none of these references are to Aslan's How as such, but mention Aslan's How as the location of a conversation or plot development. --Paularblaster (talk) 14:38, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Perhqps better to List of places in The Chronicles of Narnia? --Paularblaster (talk) 14:47, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Aslan's How features in two books, so realistically couldn't be merged to either. Additionally, books 2 and 4 on the above googel list are clearly independent commentaries or reviews. Obviously it is hard to know what exactly is in the books without reading them but there is enough to suspect there might be a body of work later when someone reads them. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:56, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Verifiable by reliable sources, and the books themselves --Ryan Delaney talk 03:44, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
The books themselves are not a sufficient basis of notability, reliable secondary sources, such as a discussion in a notable publication on how this land was dreamed up by Lewis would be needed, and a few other references that add to it would be proof of notability. As of now, none has been established or even promised. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 03:55, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Huh? You are ignoring that at least two are independent commentaries are themes in the Narnia series. They at least deserve a look. have you actually looked at the google books link above? cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:07, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to List of places in The Chronicles of Narnia. Wikitumnus (talk) 15:01, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. -- -- pb30<talk> 06:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Forgive me if if this is not a proper comment on the discussion, but if usefulness of an article counts for something, my wife and I when listening to Prince Caspian for the first time, were rather confused by some of the terminology used. A how is not a common term in our part of the world. Thanks to the Wikipedia, and that this article was not yet deleted, we are a little better educated, and able to better understand the story.--70.157.18.128 (talk) 19:00, 1 January 2008 (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.