Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chronicles of America

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 no consensus to delete the version on the 1921 series. Seems to be a consensus to delete the other version, so I will take the relatively unusual step of deleting just that from the history, as no content from it was used in the rewrite. W.marsh 02:02, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chronicles of America

Non-notable book by nn author. Not tracable on google or Amazon. A similar page (Chronicles Of America) was proded by me, csd'ed by someone else, and speedily deleted as nn. A csd request for this page was turned down. I also proded a page, Oliver Knox about a charcter in the book, and the original editor removed the prod without explanation; that article is currectly a redirect to this (C of A). Mr Stephen 13:10, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Not notable. DarthVader 13:55, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom Bwithh 17:00, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and rewrite. This is actually the title of a 50 volume series that's been reprinted by Kessinger Publishing, who are dedicated to reprinting and preserving rare books. The series is from the 1910s and 1920s by Yale University Press, and should absolutely be included here. --badlydrawnjeff talk 16:59, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - I have rewritten to reflect the actual book series, I've got to do a lot more research on them, though. --badlydrawnjeff talk 17:03, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Deathphoenix ʕ 02:57, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom; ditto for Oliver Knox. Article is back to being a crystal ball entry about a future book. Glad to change my vote if Jeff whips this into shape, but otherwise I'd rather lose this and let him create the article for the notable Chronicles of America when he's good and ready. Sorry, author, but you should wait until somebody else notices the book and creates an article; see WP:VANITY for more info. --William Pietri 04:04, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • I hoped to have this done by now, but other wiki projects have gotten in the way. There are 50 books in the series, so this will certainly be a worthwhile article once I get to it, if others can't help first. --badlydrawnjeff talk 11:24, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom Scented Guano 04:53, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, fails Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. --Coredesat 07:29, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as crystal-ballism. Also looks like advertising. Tychocat 10:26, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep - I've reverted to badlydrawnjeff's last version. google search shows that this current version is notable and verifyable. Previous version was clearly deletable but this is now a good stub of a notable subject. Peripitus (Talk) 11:08, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Peripitus. -- Irixman ^{(t) (m)} 14:03, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per badlydrawnjeff. --Aguerriero (talk) 23:55, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Well, what a mess. To my mind, changing the subject of an article in the middle of the AfD process is less than helpful. Mr Stephen 10:25, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

  Surely the best outcome of an AfD is a better article, which is what we've got - Peripitus (Talk) 11:09, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

  But, unless the closing admin is meticulous, we will not have the answer to the question for which this AfD was created, namely "Is the fantasy Chronicles of America by Stephen Ward a suitable subject for an article?". So, when S.W. McCann creates yet another article on this theme, someone will have to re-list it, and we will have to discuss the matter again. Mr Stephen 13:53, 25 June 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.