Talk:Diary of a Teenage Girl

This page was proposed for deletion by Deb (talk · contribs) on 26 July 2008 with the comment:
no evidence of notability
It was contested by Watchout4snakes! (talk · contribs) on 2008-07-30

This article was nominated for deletion on 11 August 2008. The result of the discussion was Nomination Withdrawn.

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These books are very good

Transcluded from my talk page

The following text and my response were posted to my talk page. Ros0709 (talk) 07:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Diary of a Teenage Girl

Why do you have a problem with the DOATG page? It does have a relevant link, how much more relevant can you get then the official website? You can contact me at my page... I'm Watchout4snakes! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Watchout4snakes! (talk • contribs) 23:17, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have left the link to the official website (not a good reference, by the way - it is not a WP:RS because it is not independent of the subject) but removed the one which took you straight to the "buy now" link because that was a pure commerical link.

The article itself has multiple problems:

It fails to justify reason for inclusion according to any of the 5 criteria at Wikipedia:Notability_(books). This would immediately qualify it for deletion, but it looks like one or more of the criteria can be met so I have not tagged it as a speedy candidate. However, it needs to establish its notability in the article or else it probably will get deleted.
The article fails to give any indication of what the subject is. The article title suggests it is the diary of a teenage girl - not that it is about a book with that title. There is nothing in the article itself to suggest it is about a book. There is no mention whatsoever about who wrote it.
Even if you realise that this is a book there is still no context. The article launches straight into character biographies without explaining why.
There are no links to other articles. The author, if included, would link to the author's page, for example.
Whilst a book summary may be a useful section in an article about a book, that alone is not encyclopedic. For Wikipedia to have an full article on the book (rather than a mention on the author's page) it needs to discuss the cultural importance of the book, its critical reception etc.

Ros0709 (talk) 07:03, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There

What do you think about that Ros0709?--Watchout4snakes! (talk) 18:43, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD

The Articles for Deletion debate has been closed as a "Nomination Withdrawn". There were a lot of sources presented that could (and should) be used to improve this article. The debate, and those sources, may be found here. Best, UltraExactZZ ^Claims~ Evidence 18:21, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]