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wouldn't be able to comprehend what's written. How can thoughtless users on Knowledge (XXG) try and stopper the fledgling, blossoming minds of a few young adults? It's just not right. Especially when the article, which supposedly "must be destroyed immeadiately" pledges no harm towards the website. In fact, it probably helps people to learn more about Nate Rosen. You guys are digging your own graves.. *
366:. "...much to the excitement of every male on planet earth." How come I wasn't excited - or even told? Also notice the lack of apostrophes and other tiny (but big) grammar errors. I find it hard to believe the person who wrote this article passed English class, let alone a book that is supposedly the world's best selling book ever. 509:
Nice metaphorical language, but it really doesn't have any use in a forum like this. But that's ok, you can do what you like. Anyways,while a true editor might correct every error in a writer's piece of work, that writer doesn't care at all what's wrong or right, because either way, only an idiot
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sources, it remains unnotable from the point of view of wikipedia's criteria - this is not to belittle the work of the young adults working on it, this is just the policy followed here. My suggestion is to keep working on it, get it published, get into the NY Times (or London Times, or other
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You are digging the article's grave right now by making more outlandish claims. These claims (plus the grammar mistakes you keep making that no self-respecting writer would ever make) only reinforce the fact that this book exists only in the minds of a few bored teenagers.
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some claims of notability. However, if true these claims would make the book one of the best-selling of all time and the author one of the richest people on the planet. The "picture" of the book included at the top of the article is taken from the
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The authors are attempting to ciculate the rough draft among the book for peer review throughout their high school. Knowledge (XXG), I'm sure, would be more than willing to allow the passage of information for scholarly
596:(as demonstrated by the "blossoming minds" quote). Knowledge (XXG) is not the place for developing the "fledgling, blossoming minds of a few young adults". There are plenty of forums and blogs out there for that. 537:. Perhaps in the future, this will become a world-wide highly regarded, important piece of work, but at the moment it is not notable, and by that criteria, an article about it does not belong on Knowledge (XXG). 221:
as either made up or utterly non-notable. No sources cited and there isn't a single mention of this book on Google. In a belated attempt to claim some sort of notability, a user has
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Nate Rosen is a character in a series of novels by Ronald Levitsky - who doesn't have an entry on here - and all the other references to Nate Rosen are on non-reliable sites. --
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I reverted the edits that claimed that the book is widely popular (over 1 billion sold copies) because they are vandalism and obvious misinformation.
166:, the article does not appear to be for vanity, but rather appears as an ongoing project that could perhaps produce relevant information in the future 646:
it would be eligible for inclusion in Knowledge (XXG), but I would say that at the moment it does not meet the criteria required for inclusion. --
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Yo, you guys need to chill out. This is a valid book. I think you guy's are just jealous of Nate Rosen's ability to pick up chicks. - Ben Pollay
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article, as shown by the fact that the book in the picture is written in German. This book has no claim to a Knowledge (XXG) article whatsoever.
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i agree, i mean what is up with this? just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean its not incredibly popular in sebastopol - Nathaniel
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are not trying to stop the blossoming minds of anyone - however, we have criteria for inclusion on wikipedia which do not include
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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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Knowledge (XXG) is not the place for such things - when (or if) it becomes notable according to the
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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world-reknown paper or website) best seller list - then no one will say it is not notable...
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in the strongest possible strong terms strongly expressed. Clearly a
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I've changed my mind. Now it's a blatant hoax, so it is eligible for
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
227: 149:, book doesn't appear to exist. Essentially a vanity article. -- 222: 115: 104: 100: 96: 39:). No further edits should be made to this page. 690:). No further edits should be made to this page. 8: 543:"Allowing blossoming minds to have a forum" 458:You are joking, right? Don't do that. See 644:Knowledge (XXG) guidelines for notability 515:-- preceding unsigned comment left by 364:"You have got to be kidding me" Delete 18:Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion 7: 24: 198:. Also, Knowledge (XXG) is not a 539:Thoughtless users on wikipedia 1: 588:. No point dragging this on. 305:) 13:23, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 707: 671:21:51, 1 August 2009 (UTC) 633:21:26, 1 August 2009 (UTC) 57:23:43, 3 August 2009 (UTC) 606:22:51, 31 July 2009 (UTC) 579:20:11, 31 July 2009 (UTC) 552:but it is not notable yet 525:19:29, 31 July 2009 (UTC) 497:14:27, 31 July 2009 (UTC) 472:08:27, 31 July 2009 (UTC) 449:05:52, 31 July 2009 (UTC) 420:13:56, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 397:13:31, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 376:13:30, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 359:13:26, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 334:13:30, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 273:13:24, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 258:11:17, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 239:11:15, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 212:10:38, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 186:10:18, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 159:09:43, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 141:09:37, 30 July 2009 (UTC) 683:Please do not modify it. 127:Non notable book, fails 32:Please do not modify it. 194:Comment appears to be 507:Digging a grave, huh? 512:Please, give it up 485:Please, give it up 44:The result was 623:comment added by 527: 452: 435:comment added by 383:. I agree on the 176:comment added by 71:Dreams of a Playa 63:Dreams of a Playa 698: 685: 667: 661: 654: 651: 635: 575: 569: 562: 559: 554:. Thank you. -- 514: 451: 429: 330: 324: 317: 314: 303: 297: 290: 287: 188: 118: 112: 94: 54: 34: 706: 705: 701: 700: 699: 697: 696: 695: 694: 688:deletion review 681: 665: 659: 652: 649: 618: 573: 567: 560: 557: 430: 328: 322: 315: 312: 301: 295: 288: 285: 246:Speedy deletion 171: 114: 85: 69: 66: 50: 37:deletion review 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 704: 702: 693: 692: 676: 675: 674: 673: 625:67.160.244.200 609: 608: 583: 582: 581: 517:67.160.244.200 502: 501: 500: 499: 477: 476: 475: 474: 423: 422: 400: 399: 378: 361: 336: 277: 276: 275: 241: 216: 215: 214: 178:67.160.244.200 168: 167: 161: 125: 124: 65: 60: 42: 41: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 703: 691: 689: 684: 678: 677: 672: 668: 662: 656: 655: 645: 641: 638: 637: 636: 634: 630: 626: 622: 614: 611: 610: 607: 603: 599: 595: 591: 587: 584: 580: 576: 570: 564: 563: 553: 548: 544: 540: 536: 532: 529: 528: 526: 522: 518: 513: 508: 504: 503: 498: 494: 490: 486: 481: 480: 479: 478: 473: 469: 465: 461: 457: 456: 455: 454: 453: 450: 446: 442: 438: 437:Nathanielman7 434: 426: 421: 417: 413: 409: 405: 404:Strong delete 402: 401: 398: 395: 394: 390: 386: 382: 379: 377: 373: 369: 365: 362: 360: 356: 352: 348: 344: 340: 337: 335: 331: 325: 319: 318: 308: 304: 298: 292: 291: 281: 280:Strong Delete 278: 274: 270: 266: 262: 261: 260: 259: 255: 251: 247: 242: 240: 237: 236: 235: 229: 224: 220: 219:Strong delete 217: 213: 209: 205: 201: 197: 193: 192: 191: 190: 189: 187: 183: 179: 175: 165: 162: 160: 156: 152: 148: 145: 144: 143: 142: 138: 134: 130: 122: 117: 110: 106: 102: 98: 93: 89: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 67: 64: 61: 59: 58: 55: 53: 47: 40: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 682: 679: 647: 639: 617: 612: 585: 555: 551: 542: 538: 530: 511: 506: 427: 424: 403: 391: 380: 363: 338: 310: 306: 283: 279: 245: 243: 233: 231: 218: 200:crystal ball 169: 164:Non Deletion 163: 146: 126: 51: 45: 43: 31: 28: 666:My Contribs 619:—Preceding 586:Snow delete 574:My Contribs 460:WP:SNOWBALL 431:—Preceding 329:My Contribs 302:My Contribs 172:—Preceding 151:Bongwarrior 660:Contact Me 568:Contact Me 323:Contact Me 307:postscript 296:Contact Me 594:WP:MADEUP 385:speedy G3 343:WP:MADEUP 621:unsigned 598:Tim Song 547:reliable 464:Kotiwalo 445:contribs 433:unsigned 347:dry lake 265:Kotiwalo 250:Kotiwalo 204:Kotiwalo 174:unsigned 133:Kotiwalo 121:View log 650:Phantom 640:Comment 558:Phantom 535:notable 531:Comment 489:Xenon54 412:ukexpat 408:WP:HOAX 389:Quantum 381:Destroy 368:Xenon54 313:Phantom 286:Phantom 234:Hut 8.5 88:protect 83:history 52:JForget 616:review 393:Eleven 339:Delete 196:WP:SPA 147:Delete 116:delete 92:delete 46:delete 653:Steve 561:Steve 316:Steve 289:Steve 223:added 129:WP:BK 119:) – ( 109:views 101:watch 97:links 16:< 629:talk 613:But 602:talk 590:WP:N 521:talk 493:talk 468:talk 441:talk 416:talk 387:. — 372:talk 355:talk 351:Deor 269:talk 254:talk 228:book 208:talk 182:talk 155:talk 137:talk 105:logs 79:talk 75:edit 349:.) 170:. 669:) 663:, 631:) 604:) 592:, 577:) 571:, 523:) 495:) 487:. 470:) 462:. 447:) 443:• 418:) 410:. 374:) 357:) 341:. 332:) 326:, 299:, 271:) 256:) 248:. 210:) 184:) 157:) 139:) 131:. 107:| 103:| 99:| 95:| 90:| 86:| 81:| 77:| 48:. 657:( 627:( 600:( 565:( 519:( 505:" 491:( 466:( 439:( 414:( 370:( 353:( 320:( 293:( 267:( 252:( 206:( 180:( 153:( 135:( 123:) 113:( 111:) 73:(

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Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion
deletion review
JForget
23:43, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
Dreams of a Playa
Dreams of a Playa
edit
talk
history
protect
delete
links
watch
logs
views
delete
View log
WP:BK
Kotiwalo
talk
09:37, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
Bongwarrior
talk
09:43, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
unsigned
67.160.244.200
talk
10:18, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
WP:SPA
crystal ball

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