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146:. Completely absurd at this point. A book which is the winner of countless statewide awards by one of the most important authors for young people in current times. Wasn't able to force a speedy, is now bringing it here? Reviews from all the typical book presses can be dug up if I can find the time at work this week, but it's honestly not that pressing right now. Meets book notability, won piles of awards, enough already. -- 483:. What in the pluperfect hell? What the hell does nom mean, this isn't an independent source? Simon & Schuster is a lot more respected and ironclad a source than Knowledge is, come to that. This book carries an Amazon sales rank of 50,000, its reviews on the Amazon site are from (among others) 130:. True the book has won some children's awards by library consortiums, but these do not lend the book notability because the awards themselves are non-notable (they don't even have Knowledge articles). Speedy deleted 3 times, most recent speedy overturned at 308:
There are very few sources for these "awards" outside libraries and the books themselves. No NYT articles or other indicators of notability. The awards themselves are non notable, making them worthless as notability indicators.
428:, including Wash. Post and Detroit Free Press just on the first page. Per looking at these results and the above comments, this is apparently a plenty notable book in its genre. -- 440:
This is just silly. This is a (multiple) award-winning book by a very notable author, part of a long-running and bestselling series. On the DRV, the deleting admin reported "
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You're showing bias. If this were an article on a Pokemon character or a rap album people would be calling for the article's deletion or at least proof the awards were notable.
217:, only 2 of the top 5 have articles, wheras 4 of the top 5 in B&N's top music list do. Albums by notable artists aren't deleted, nor should books by notable authors be. 265:
I caught this book on recent changes a few weeks ago and marked it for deletion. I noticed its re-creation on my watchlist. It was non notable then and and non notable now.
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non notable children's book. Article is unsourced, other than publisher's site. This is not an independent source. Does not meet the requirements of
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music?!? That's simply absurd. In fact, if anything the opposite is true. For example, looking at Barnes & Noble's current
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rather than non-notability. If it were just one statewide award I'd be a bit more meh, as statewide awards are not the
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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is apparent in the numerous awards. How many more awards should be needed to satisfy notability?
368:, the awards may be minor but there's plenty of them, which comfortably satisfies notability. — 414: 373: 330: 59: 29:
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
389:- I agree with above, however, this article has no citations, and that should be changed... 188: 164: 196:
Bias because it's a book when a music album would face the actual standards Knowledge has.
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just from the libraries in Norfolk and Plymouth Counties in Massachusetts alone
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book? Of all the books out there to be fixated on, why this one? --
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
444:" I simply cannot fathom the reasoning behind this nomination. 499:. This hits Criteria #1 (on the reviews alone) and #4 at 205:
So let me get this straight: you're saying WP is biased
109: 105: 101: 39:). No further edits should be made to this page. 425:gets 36 Google news results with a careful query 340:. The redlinks for the awards chiefly indicate a 564:). No further edits should be made to this page. 515:and/or whether this is a bad faith nomination. 401:- Obviously notable book by a notable author 352:, but with this many it's surely notable. -- 8: 50:, not a single delete other than the nom 323:notable book by a notable author. -- 7: 413:- as per others' reasoning above -- 487:, the Amazon.com editorial staff, 24: 18:Knowledge:Articles for deletion 1: 540:, per every comment above. - 581: 547:21:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 531:21:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 520:20:11, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 476:16:37, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 464:14:39, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 433:14:22, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 418:13:22, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 406:10:18, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 394:07:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 382:06:01, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 361:04:20, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 333:02:41, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 314:02:43, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 304:02:35, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 270:02:24, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 261:02:22, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 237:14:34, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 201:02:43, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 192:02:24, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 177:02:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 168:02:15, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 156:02:08, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 138:02:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 62:22:08, 20 March 2007 (UTC) 215:top selling fiction books 557:Please do not modify it. 32:Please do not modify it. 524:Seconded..., and... - 489:School Library Journal 247:I have to ask - why 507:threshold standard 76:A Week in the Woods 68:A Week in the Woods 485:Publishers' Weekly 471:per Newyorkbrad. 296: 259: 183:Bias in favor of 154: 572: 559: 461: 458: 455: 452: 301: 293: 255: 234: 231: 228: 225: 150: 117: 99: 34: 580: 579: 575: 574: 573: 571: 570: 569: 568: 562:deletion review 555: 459: 456: 453: 450: 328: 299: 232: 229: 226: 223: 132:Deletion review 90: 74: 71: 57: 44:The result was 37:deletion review 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 578: 576: 567: 566: 550: 549: 535: 534: 533: 503:and meets the 478: 466: 446:Andrew Lenahan 435: 420: 408: 396: 384: 363: 335: 326: 318: 317: 316: 278: 277: 276: 275: 274: 273: 272: 253:badlydrawnjeff 245: 244: 243: 242: 241: 240: 239: 219:Andrew Lenahan 158: 148:badlydrawnjeff 124: 123: 70: 65: 55: 42: 41: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 577: 565: 563: 558: 552: 551: 548: 545: 544: 539: 536: 532: 529: 528: 523: 522: 521: 518: 514: 510: 506: 502: 498: 494: 490: 486: 482: 479: 477: 474: 470: 467: 465: 462: 447: 443: 439: 436: 434: 431: 427: 424: 421: 419: 416: 412: 409: 407: 404: 403:StuartDouglas 400: 397: 395: 392: 388: 385: 383: 379: 375: 371: 367: 364: 362: 359: 355: 351: 347: 343: 342:systemic bias 339: 336: 334: 331: 329: 322: 319: 315: 312: 307: 306: 305: 302: 295: 292: 291: 286: 282: 279: 271: 268: 264: 263: 262: 258: 254: 250: 246: 238: 235: 220: 216: 212: 208: 204: 203: 202: 199: 195: 194: 193: 190: 186: 182: 181: 180: 179: 178: 175: 171: 170: 169: 166: 162: 159: 157: 153: 149: 145: 142: 141: 140: 139: 136: 133: 129: 121: 115: 111: 107: 103: 98: 94: 89: 85: 81: 77: 73: 72: 69: 66: 64: 63: 60: 58: 51: 49: 40: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 556: 553: 542: 537: 526: 508: 480: 468: 449: 441: 437: 422: 415:Martin Wisse 410: 398: 386: 365: 337: 320: 289: 280: 248: 222: 210: 206: 184: 160: 143: 125: 45: 43: 31: 28: 538:Speedy keep 481:Strong Keep 438:Strong keep 321:Speedy Keep 189:Newyorkbrad 165:Newyorkbrad 543:Mtmelendez 527:Mtmelendez 517:Ravenswing 327:(Stephen) 285:notability 209:books and 56:(Stephen) 497:AudioFile 473:Acalamari 350:Caldecott 46:Keep per 513:WP:POINT 493:Booklist 354:Dhartung 311:Nardman1 267:Nardman1 198:Nardman1 174:Nardman1 135:Nardman1 120:View log 430:W.marsh 370:Krimpet 346:Newbery 211:against 93:protect 88:history 48:WP:SNOW 378:review 325:Steve 207:toward 97:delete 54:Steve 505:WP:BK 501:WP:BK 290:Leebo 128:WP:BK 114:views 106:watch 102:links 16:< 495:and 469:Keep 423:Keep 411:Keep 399:Keep 391:Smee 387:Keep 374:talk 366:Keep 358:Talk 338:Keep 281:Keep 257:talk 249:this 185:what 161:Keep 152:talk 144:Keep 110:logs 84:talk 80:edit 457:bli 348:or 283:As 230:bli 118:– ( 491:, 460:nd 454:ar 451:St 448:- 380:) 356:| 233:nd 227:ar 224:St 221:- 187:? 112:| 108:| 104:| 100:| 95:| 91:| 86:| 82:| 52:. 376:/ 372:( 300:C 297:/ 122:) 116:) 78:(

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Knowledge:Articles for deletion
deletion review
WP:SNOW
Steve (Stephen)

22:08, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
A Week in the Woods
A Week in the Woods
edit
talk
history
protect
delete
links
watch
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View log
WP:BK
Deletion review
Nardman1
02:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
badlydrawnjeff
talk
02:08, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Newyorkbrad
02:15, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Nardman1
02:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Newyorkbrad

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