Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The outbreak (novel)
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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 Delete. NawlinWiki 19:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The outbreak (novel)
Contains noting but a plot intro and an infobox, and so violates WP:FICT. The "intro" reads like a publisher's blurb. Moreover, multiple online searches have found no evidence that this book, or any book with the stated ISBN, or any book by the stated author, has actually been published. This is totally unsourced, and the original creation said "My book". This article had only one substantive editor, the creator, and that editor appears to be in violation of WP:COI. This is not quite technically a speedy, but ther is no reason for this article. DES (talk) 12:05, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
- Strong Delete as per my nom. DES (talk) 12:05, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Likely hoax. The UK Amazon ascribes the ISBN to Outbreak by Robin Cook, and the infoboxes for both Cook's novel and this one give 366 as the number of pages; this could be bad copying, but it's suspicious. Even if real, the book isn't notable. EALacey 20:25, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
- Speedy Delete - almost certain hoax. If not it could be done better and need to be referenced. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 11:18, 27 April 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.
