Talk:The Culture of Connectivity

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It seems that notability:books is met: the books is on these two separate reading lists of the Univerity of Bergen and University of Texas at Austin

https://miside.uib.no/fs-cron/download/112729636/INFOMEVI201_reading_list_UPDATED.pdf http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/suellen/2013/INF385T/Fall_2013.pdf

I agree with Bfigura, and no, I don't think two reading lists are enough to satisfy the spirit of criteria 4 (taught at "multiple" institutions), even if they satisfy the letter. No evidence has been presented that the book meets any of the other criteria -- awards, influence, reviews/citations, etc., or the significance of the author. If two syllabi are enough, there are thousands of books that are more deserving of pages that don't have them. Moreover, quoting the back-cover blurb about a book as "critical response" is inappropriate and seems to support Bfigura's advert and third-party notices. I'm restoring the notability tag. More evidence is needed that the book is being widely cited, reviewed, and taught.Eichhoernchen (talk) 02:47, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Also, I removed the section that quoted the blurbs / endorsements. A critical response section should contain reviews by independent, third-parties, if there have been any. Given that cover blurbs are generally solicited by the publisher/author and chosen to help market the book, I can't see why they should be quoted here. -- Bfigura ^(talk) 15:52, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]