Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Primary Classical Language of the World
- 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 redirect to Devaneya Pavanar. The general consensus is that this content doesn't belong in the encyclopaedia and that the title should merely be a redirect to the author. —SpacemanSpiff 20:37, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Article is about a non-notable book that pushes a fringe theory. Article does not pass any of the criteria set out at WP:Notability (books) - Google scholar shows next to nothing, Amazon lists it as out of print. No awards. etc. Raw Google search shows that it has received some limited notice on pro-Tamil fringe websites, but that is about it. Blueboar (talk) 17:44, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Note from nominator... Merger to article on author has been suggested. Blueboar (talk) 17:52, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:09, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:10, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. Since pavanar's crackpot historical theories are already covered in his article, this is unnecessary. This book alone is not sufficiently notable.--Sodabottle (talk) 18:27, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete more than adequate coverage of this mans ideas in his own article, and a section of the article on the history of the term Lemuria. enough already.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:06, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete as non-notable WP:Fringe. Buddhipriya (talk) 19:16, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- redirect to Devaneya Pavanar, as we usually do with book titles failing WP:BK with authors who do pass WP:BIO. --dab (𒁳) 15:53, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- redirect to Devaneya Pavanar as it was originally there. Rajan (talk) 16:43, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Redirect to the author's article, as the book does not seem to be notable. Hans Adler 17:47, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Redirect to Devaneya Pavanar, as per dab. rudra (talk) 10:57, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Redirect to the author or delete. I'm not sure whether we should redirect every book title of every author who passes WP:VIO or AUTHOR, but it wouldn't do any harm. DGG ( talk ) 14:43, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Redirect to author - I like the idea of redirects for books of notable authors when the particular book is not notable enough. --Rocksanddirt (talk) 00:00, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Redirect to author Wikidas© 14:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge with Devaneya Pavanar. The book is not notable, but it's notable within the works of its author. Kostja (talk) 18:54, 21 March 2010 (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.