Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Gruffalo's Child

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The result was withdrawn as improved. BD2412 T 00:10, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Gruffalo's Child

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Fifteen years without a source (and eight years with a tag requesting additional citations) is enough. Delete, or at best, merge into the article on the original book, The Gruffalo. BD2412 T 15:24, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. BD2412 T 15:24, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Deltaspace⁴² (talk • contribs) 15:34, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak~~ Keep, inclined to err with keep on this as it was a winner of the 2005 best children's book award, so could pass WP:NBOOK as the winner of a major literary award (National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year). I'll go weak on this for the moment as I am taking a slight leap that this makes it sufficiently notable. The author was interviewed about it by The Independent also (who have some searchable reviews). There are also various newspapers of the time which loosely covered it, such as this by The Evening Standard. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:02, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The exceptional work by Beccaynr per WP:HEY makes me more confident in firming up my keep !vote from being tenuous. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:09, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - this seems to be a notable book according to the WP:NBOOK guideline and sources added since the nomination; reviews added include The Horn Book Magazine, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and BookTrust. Other sources added include two sources from The Guardian and The Observer that seem to find the 2005 National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year award noteworthy. There is also support added for theatrical adaptations in a review added from Radio Times and a review from WhatsOnStage.com. The book is also the basis for The Gruffalo's Child (film), and a film review by Common Sense Media e.g. notes the film is based on the book [1]. Beccaynr (talk) 18:33, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, very decent article with references. Geschichte (talk) 22:09, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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