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The result was keep. Dipankan ^{(Have a chat?)} 10:25, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Swami Vivekananda in the West: New Discoveries[edit]

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Apparently non-notable book. No signs of wider impact or independent critical coverage. No independent sources. Fut.Perf. ☼ 08:50, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

hm, this book is non-notable? search in Google books etc! BTW, actually it is series of books (6 books), not a single book!--Tito Dutta ^Message 09:01, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah. "There is a vast literature on Vivekananda, most of it written from an uncritical devotional perspective. See, for example, Marie L. Burke, Swami Vivekananda..." [1] That's more or less the only independent, non-trivial reference discussing the book that I can find. It's a devastating reference, and even that is only in passing in a footnote. Fut.Perf. ☼, 09:40, 21 April 2012‎ (UTC)[reply]

Keep Well I can see sources out there - See this, and this. Hindu is considered as a reliable source. Pretty tis' to be kept. Dipankan ^{(Have a chat?)} 10:19, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable enough, it was a long due. -- ɑηsuмaη ^{ʈ ᶏ ɭ Ϟ} 10:45, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:16, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep it's notable. Bhavinkundaliya (talk) 08:22, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- A mere assertion of "it's notable" isn't a valid argument in a deletion debate and will be discounted. You need to demonstrate there is notability, in terms of multiple, substantial, non-trivial coverage in reliable sources. Non-trivial coverage of the book as such, not just reports mentioning its author, and also not simply passages in books routinely using it as a reference. Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:00, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:44, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Start with a search in Google books, --Tito Dutta ^Message 00:00, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And where in that do you find independent, non-trivial coverage? Fut.Perf. ☼ 08:08, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: The book may be not well notable in the world of Internet, but the Google Books search is a proof for its notability. -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 10:01, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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