Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The River (Michael Neale)

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The result was merge to Michael Neale. SarahStierch (talk) 06:27, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The River (Michael Neale)

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Unremarkable book where author's article doesn't exist. No indications of notability, no references. MikeWazowski (talk) 14:06, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:33, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I was unable to find sources for this book, however I want to note that this is probably because the book will not be released until next month. This is a little overly early for any book, especially a Christian fiction book, as upcoming book releases rarely get a ton of coverage until after they have officially hit the bookshelves. It's harder for Christian fiction especially, since they aren't as mainstream as others and some of the sources that cover them aren't always seen as reliable by Wikipedia's standards. I would recommend a redirect to the author's page Michael Neale, but I have to see if he's notable. If I am unable to find if the author is notable, I would otherwise recommend that the article creator userfy the pages and work on them until notability can be established. They're new, but if they're willing then I'm willing to work with them.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 10:02, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Michael Neale. A quick search shows that he won a Dove Award, which appears to be a major award in the field of Christian music. I suggest a redirect from the book title to the author's page, as the book currently has no notability. I've re-named the article accordingly for the book and since redirects are cheap and most authors' work redirects to their Wikipedia entries, there's no harm in having this redirect to Neale's page.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 10:28, 11 August 2012 (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.