Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monkey Town (novel)

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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Coretheapple (talk) 12:30, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Monkey Town (novel)

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Young adult novel on the Scopes "Monkey" Trial by a non-notable author. Article was created by an SPA seven years ago and I'm surprised it's lasted so long, as it fails WP:GNG and WP:BKCRIT. I did find a Kirkus review, not cited in the article, but nothing else. Coretheapple (talk) 21:16, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:28, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Coretheapple, I've done some digging and found quite a few reviews, enough to where it should pass NBOOK now. It also looks like it's used in a few classrooms and is often used as an example of books of this type in journal articles like this. It did take some definite digging, though. ReaderofthePack (｡◕‿◕｡) 22:08, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ReaderofthePack OK, I'm withdrawing it. Nice work! All I could find initially was Kirkus. Ordinarily any reviews, especially Kirkus, are to be found on the publisher's page and on Amazon. However, not in t his case. Coretheapple (talk) 12:30, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - as per ReaderofthePack who has done a good job finding reviews and writing a reception section, demonstrating that it meets WP:BKCRIT. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:33, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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