Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cows In Action

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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 redirect to Steve Cole (author). Sr13 06:49, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cows In Action

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Contested prod. Brand new series of books of dubious notability. Wikipedia is not for advertising. Rick Block (talk) 15:53, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I am the creator of Cows In Action article and am dissapointed that my article has been nominated for deletion. I'm new and i don't know a lot about how to improve an article. The reason im not putting more into it is that the chances are somebody will improve my article. I am not advertising this book. Astrosaurs and Cows In Action are one of my best books and i was inspired to write an article about them. Don't delete my article please because if you do, I probably will create it again. Please let it stay on and if it is not improved in 1 Month Delete it. This article will probably be improved by other people. I just started it so people would look at it and put more into my article so its not rubbish. User Woggy June 18th 19:09

The issue is not the quality of the article, but the notability of the topic - which is an issue because Wikipedia articles are meant to be written based on reliable sources. If the article is deleted, please don't recreate it (it will simply be deleted again). Per my suggestion on your talk page, how about changing it to a redirect to the author's article, and including something about this new series there? If you'd like to create an article, there are loads and loads of articles requested at Wikipedia:Requested articles, or any of the red links at Newbery Honor would be fine topics. We like new users, and definitely do not want to discourage you from contributing. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:56, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I have improved my Cows In Action article now and i am still working on it. There are links to different articles in the article and a contents list. I am hoping that this is enough to stop my article from been deleted. I didn't know much about how to improve an article, but i have found out and its looking better than it was now. Im really hoping now that you won't delete it as i will and probably other people will improve it and make it better. It now includes information about the books but no images as i don't understand how you get images. The books that are not available yet i can't write much on. And i am sorry that i can't. More information on the upcoming books will be available when the book is published. I am also going to include something about Cows In Action on the authors article. User Woggy June 18th 20:23

Woggy, like Rick Block noted, you have to demonstrate notability. See this page for what we're looking for, and also see this page for what we consider to be reliable. Sorry, but unless it's notable, it's not going to survive. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 19:30, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. I spoke up for a keep on Astrosaurs, the other famous series of books written by Steve Cole, but Astrosaurs is much longer running and much more successful than Cows in action. I would have a hard time supporting C.I.A. on notability grounds at present; if it goes on to be a Blockbuster success as well, then maybe it can be revisited at that time. Don't be discouraged though, Woggy. Losing an article to an AfD is a rite of passge that all Wikipedia editors go through. --Legis (talk - contribs) 20:12, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

My Article does have notability. I put some in when i wasn't logged in yesterday. Thanks for the suggestion Rick, But somebody did it for me. There are a lot of redirects to different articles in my article. User Woggy 15:27 (UTC) June 19th 2007

I am going to keep it as a redirect to the author. I am not at all dissapointed that its been nominated for deletion. I have 2 questions. If somebody else creates it again and its improved and its notable, Will it be deleted? In the future when Cows In Action gets more books and is more popular will i then be allowed to restart the article again? I mean like in 2 years or 1 year. Because im new, Im not sure how to create a redirect. Could you tell me? User Woggy June 19th 2007 (UTC)

  • Woggy, if the books become notable, then they will survive a future AfD. Procedure for creating a redirect is found here. Your understanding is appreciated, thanks. =^^= --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 19:50, 19 June 2007 (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.