Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zephyr the West Wind

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The result was delete. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:42, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Zephyr the West Wind

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Delete due to lack of notability established in accordance with the general and topical notability guidelines for books; self-published book; article fails to present significant coverage in reliable and independent sources. A search of sources primarily revealed press releases and online sales outlets. Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 05:07, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 13:52, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a completely unnotable, self-published book. No reliable third party sources exist, and the article itself reads like an advertisment. The article claims notability by saying how it was entered into two contests (the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest and the NABJ Author Showcase), however upon checking these out, both contests are ones where anyone can submit their own books for consideration, so being in these contests means pretty much nothing as far as establishing notability goes.Rorshacma (talk) 17:05, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I have to agree. Self-publishing confers no notability and the rest is pretty much fairly standard self-promotional efforts. There seem to be no reliable arm's-length third-party sources that I can find with a brief search. Ubelowme (talk) 18:43, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete self-published & vanity-press books are non-notable pretty much by definition and this is no exception. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 21:19, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Although certainly all comments seem correct and justafible in most cases, using the general and non confirmed "definition" of what you refer to as notability in regards to self-published books should not be adjourned so matter of fact. Also, with a quick search of the NABJ Author Showcase, it can be found that contestants may enter but it is a very selective process and that like with many other competitions reaching admirable heights in a competition can create world wide notability in many previous cases in a variety of industries. Also, I happened to attend one of the authors book signings a few weeks ago and from the looks his next edition of the book in question is fully represented by the publishing house Alfred A. Knopf. Nonetheless, because of the critical notability need to sustain an article that is not yet there, whether or not it is apparently in do process, I must agree that there is not enough notability at the moment . LightsMirage (talk) 20:02, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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