Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maria Dracula

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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. 1ne 22:20, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maria Dracula

Book published by iUniverse, a vanity press. Article gives no indication of notability, except maybe that it was published in the "Editor's Choice Series," which, considering it's a vanity publisher, is not terribly meaningful. Only 369 hits (74 unique) on Google searching for "Maria Dracula" "Denise Roman". -Elmer Clark 08:09, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Weak Keep I'm not familiar with her work and get 14,200 Google hits on the title alone, which is not firm evidence of anything but, well, is what it is. This is a Young Adult book, so it's likely to be invisible to adult readers. On the other hand, she has spammed Amazon's reviews, which is a no-no (if not relevant here). - Corporal Tunnel 15:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep per Corporal Tunnel. --HResearcher 01:40, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Bulk Google results are useless for assessing notability for anything but internet memes, and even then they're questionable. Even worse, the only Denise Roman book in the Library of Congress catalog is Fragmented identities : popular culture, sex, and everyday life in postcommunist Romania. That said, ForeWord (magazine) recognized Maria Dracula as one of their "Book of the Year" winners[1], which might just be the very barest assertion of notability. It also might not; I keep going back and forth on the credibility of the magazine. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 15:17, 16 August 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.