Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/An Astrologer's Day

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The result was keep. Editor withdrew nomination Bgwhite (talk) 22:28, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

An Astrologer's Day[edit]

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Once again, a PROD tag removed with no explanation. Non-notable short story: article is only a plot resume and a potted biog of the (notable) author. TheLongTone (talk) 14:03, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

TheLongTone I don't understand what do you tring to explain here by tagging this article for deletion. This short story is fairly a notable work by R. K. Narayan. It was the first short story in the famous collection of short stories Malgudi. Please go to the authors page and see his notable works, you will find this story. And this story is sourced with number of reliable sourvces. And beside this every short story must contain a sub section about the author. It is of no means to put a article which is almost complete into deletion without proper reasons. I think you haven't gone through the article properly. It has two more sections beside the plot and about author. Give proper reasons for deletion. Thank you. And forgive me If I was rude. Rudra john cena (talk) 14:27, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Far from rude, but make your case on the afd discussion.TheLongTone (talk) 14:35, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well TheLongTone I haven't understand what you are tring to explain me. I have just gone through the deletion policy and found that the article does not meet any criteria for deletion and if you have any minor problem then just edit the article and modify it. You haven't explained any proper reason based on deletion policy. If you won't explain the proper reasons then I am afraid that I have to close this AfD. Rudra john cena (talk) 16:14, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

your remarks especially the last one means that you have no idea how wikipedia works. therefore please be patient and see what others have to say. - Altenmann >t 17:19, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:40, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:40, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: No doubt the article needs to be improved, but "bad condition" is not a reason to delete. My reasons for keep vote are— a) multiple mentions in books, some of those discuss on the story in details, not just the name. I saw a source mentioned it was a "remarkable story", i. e. WP:BKCRIT #1. b) to some extent WP:BKCRIT #5 "subject's notability" , R. K. Narayan is so notable and significant at least in India (specially for Indians writing in English), unless a content is totally unsourcable, I am reluctant to accept that it is not notable. Also I feel it may pass WP:BKCRIT #4, Narayan's all stories are widely taught in Indian schools. I have read at least 5 in my school and college, colleges and universities. We studied about this story in brief as a part of Narayan's literary contribution, but we did not have this in our syllabus. I am talking about West Bengal education system. Don't know about other boards and universities. Tito☸Dutta 18:05, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Tito and WP:AFDISNOTCLEANUP --Admr Boltz 18:17, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I added an additional source, and there appear to be lots of academic and literary secondary sources that discuss this specific work. The article needs a rewrite, not deletion. VQuakr (talk) 19:49, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - A book created by a notable author. ///EuroCarGT 20:44, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@EuroCarGT: given that notability is not inherited, would you be willing to explain your rationale a little more? VQuakr (talk) 22:10, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@VQuakr: The book itself has a lot of academic value, as you've stated above, though my !vote may haven't been stated correctly, the book meets WP:BKCRIT, subject of instruction at multiple grade schools, high schools, universities or post-graduate programs in any particular country. ///EuroCarGT 22:16, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Obvious keep because of the multiple mentions in other books. --Stfg (talk) 00:25, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw nomination for afd.TheLongTone (talk) 14:34, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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