Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greta Garbage's Outrageous Bathroom Book

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The result of the debate wasKEEP: 5k, 2d. -Splash 23:26, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Greta Garbage's Outrageous Bathroom Book

I would say that this doesn't belong in Wiki, becauase:

• a/ If we added every book we fancied then we'd just duplicate Amazon, etc.
• b/ The links are for ISBNs which, surely, would only link through to a page that couldn't be about anything other than the same book that they've just linked from!

-- user:Matt.whitby

• Why I believe this belongs: The book itself is noteworthy imho, because it has been cited by many in the media including Howard Stern on occasion. If the ISBN number references are a problem, I could remove these. (preceding unsigned comment by Mikemoto 23:36, July 8, 2005 UTC)
• Apropos Matt.whitby's second point: Note that Wikipedia has an automatic markup for ISBNs, that causes them to link to Special:Booksources. See Help:ISBN links. I've fixed the markup in the article. Uncle G 08:52, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Verifiable and notable book. What's wrong with duplicating Amazon? Pburka 15:57, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Verified stub. Almafeta 16:50, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Weak delete -- on the grounds that I worked in a bookstore and was never asked for it, never saw it, never heard of it. I would say that Uncle John's Bathroom Readers are notable, but not this. Parodies usually tend to be rather more ephemeral than their antecedents, and though there are cases where the parody itself is notable, this ain't The Wind Done Gone. Haikupoet 03:16, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep All published books (except vanity press creations. Wikipedia has a guideline saying that IMDb, which is more thorough than WP will ever be, is no reason to reject movies, actors, etc. So too with books and Amazon, I think. Xoloz 03:50, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep book has some notability. JamesBurns 02:20, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

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