Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Orcs: First Blood

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was no consensus. Given the comments below (including those that don't necessarily declare a 'vote'), I can't find a solid consensus either way. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:42, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Orcs: First Blood

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Does not appear to be very notable. Tim1357 (talk) 20:35, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as nominated for British Fantasy Award this books are notable. Published in Germany, France and Holland [1] BTW 140 000 ghits. Article needs some work, of course.--Yopie (talk) 21:18, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: In fact, there are ghits. --GreyCat (talk) 00:56, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment That's too specific a search. Searching the author's name in conjunction with the titles of individual books in the series gets ~125,000 [2]. Gruntler (talk) 05:30, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I'm not sure taht the nom is enough as far as that goes. Still doesn't otherwise demonstrate notability. Maybe if it wins?... --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 22:45, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: There doesn't seem to be much out there, at least on Google: [3] [4] [5]. --Odie5533 (talk) 04:00, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 10:33, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:59, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment might be worth at least upmerging it to the author. Declan Clam (talk) 01:29, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep The source linked by Yopie says that the series "started something like a craze in Germany, with books published about all kinds of fantastic creatures in reaction to it, such as Die Trolle by Christoph Hardebusch and Die Elfen by Bernhard Hennen." I have a hard time evaluating that claim (and it's not exactly up to RS standards) but I don't know German. I'd certainly prefer to err on the side of keeping something potentially nonnotable as opposed to deleting something potentially notable, especially in the pop-culture sections of Wikipedia. Gruntler (talk) 05:30, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as nominated for British Fantasy Award - Ret.Prof (talk) 00:24, 24 October 2009 (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.