Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Low Priced Asian Edition

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The result was delete. W.marsh 20:15, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Low Priced Asian Edition

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The fact that some publishing houses sell books at a discount in some Asian countries doesn't seem to meet any minimum guideline for its own encyclopedia entry. I don't think anyone would type this into a search box and linking to it from other articles would have little or no use or value. Dougie WII (talk) 11:58, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Why would you like to delete a page which explains something that isn't covered anywhere else at Wikipedia? I am sure there is more to it than what I have written. There are legal issues that need to be covered here. Companies sell software at a reduced price in these countries as well. Jaywalker (talk) 12:00, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

• Strong Keep This is valid information, and should be in Wikipedia. The phenomenon is well know. The article needs work, wikification, links, ... scope_creep (talk) 12:13, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

• Various companies in virtually all industries sell products at different price levels in different countries. This is certainly not unique to the book publishing industry. -- Dougie WII (talk) 12:22, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Yes, that's true but you would be amazed at the price difference, if you go through some book prices. It's usually less than one-tenth! I was inspired to begin with this article after reading an article on a news site which told that students in the US are buying textbooks from these Indian companies for such a reduced price.Jaywalker (talk) 12:27, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

• • They were peanuts compared to UK prices. I was working in sofware house in Scotland, and we were working on a project with India contractors. All the books we used came from India, at the 10th of the price in old blighty. scope_creep (talk) 13:10, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

• Well why not just merge this info into the main Textbook article? -- Dougie WII (talk) 13:14, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Low priced editions exist. But is the topic notable? We need non trivial reliable sources. Trivial in this case means someone mentioning that a book is less expensive in Asia. Non trivial is an article about the topic. Without other articles, this is almost WP:OR. Could be merged into a general article about cheaper goods in Asia.Obina (talk) 16:57, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keeep This is a notable publishing practice, but we do need some sources. DGG (talk) 21:38, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Comment May I gently suggest that we avoid the WP:IKNOWIT arguments? I know Asia has low priced books. And low priced Asian pink hairbands. (Sorry I know I am risking WP:BEANS, but I'm thinking the example helps). Anyway, the notability of a topic is established by multiple independent reliable sources. If a full article on Asia goods really does not exist, perhaps an article on the economics of low prices goods could be sourced and we can redirect this to that. Because we really can't seem to find any sources for a specific article on low priced editions.Obina (talk) 19:13, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

• OK, how about including software in the article. Please visit this BBC page and ZDNet article to see what I mean. Jaywalker (talk) 19:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per nom and Obina; contra DGG et al. Bearian (talk) 18:04, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
• Strong delete. Until I see some sources about "low priced asian editions," I don't think this is an article, more like a book-buying tip. WP:NOT a how-to. Delete per WP:NOT and WP:OR. Mangojuice^talk 19:05, 26 November 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.