Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wish You Were Here (book)

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The result was no consensus. Discussion on whether to redirect or keep can continue editorially. Star Mississippi 02:21, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wish You Were Here (book)

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Not sure this book is meeting Wikipedia:Notability. The article reads like a WP:Advert and seem to have been written by the book's author himself. The "Critical reception" is just a collection of blurbs used to promote the book, and the reference for this section is the "Praise" section on the editor's website. Gates of Ale (talk) 00:20, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 00:32, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Death of Theresa Allore. Definitely written by the author. Some coverage here: [1], but I'm not sure how independent that is. I turned up several articles written by Allore himself and an excerpt of the book, but not independent reviews. Considering how much non-independent coverage I have found, that is a surprise to me, so maybe there's something lurking...? But it looks like the non-promo content of this article would be better covered on the article on her death anyway. -- asilvering (talk) 01:24, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep ~~The Montreal Gazette published an excerpt from the book [2] and a review in Pop Sugar [3], and a Deadline article [4] confirming Netflix has bought the rights to the book, I think it's at least GNG.~~ There is also a book by Jody Picoult with the same title, as the above sources showed. This crime thing book is discussed by the CBC here [5]. Oaktree b (talk) 02:46, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I hate the web. The Montreal Gazette article is the excerpt from the crime book [6] and an article in the Calgary Herald [7] seeming to be the best. It's discussed on a few true crime blogs, but I think the CBC and the Calgary paper are good enough, the Montreal paper really only helps prove GNG as it just reprints part of the book. Globe and Mail has an article here [8] and coverage in French in La Presse [9]. I think that's enough. Oaktree b (talk) 02:57, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Oaktree b Thanks for turning up the Herald article. fyi, the Gazette piece is an advertisement; publishers of non-fiction books often have sections printed in newspapers and magazines to drum up interest in their books. -- asilvering (talk) 03:02, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:40, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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.