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The result was redirect to Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. MBisanz ^talk 00:58, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Absolutely non-notable novel; no hits for "Thraraa specials" on Google Books, Google News archives, or Google (except Wikipedia). CtP (t • c) 21:17, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:27, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:27, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete No sources. It's telling the novel doesn't have an article on the Malayalam Wikipedia (see 1968 entry), though many of the other novels do. Important author, but apparently not the book. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 21:53, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: the creator of the article has left the following comment on its talk page:

  The Novel Tharaa specials is not the most popular book written by Basheer. But I suppose if you want to have a complete coverage on Malayalam's greatest writer, You must have articles on all his works. (Freethinker123456 (talk) 20:16, 11 November 2012 (UTC))

In response, Wikipedia doesn't necessarily need complete coverage of Basheer, just of his notable works. Although I know comparative arguments are generally discouraged at AfD, I'm going to put this out here: many great and influential authors have written stories or books which don't all meet Wikipedia's notability standards. Take Isaac Asimov, for instance; despite his legendary status as a sci-fi author, there are still stories of his which I don't think warrant articles. CtP (t • c) 22:04, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete for completing failing WP:BK. Qworty (talk) 22:09, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I did find more results under "Thaaraa Specials" with an additional A, but it still didn't show anything that would prove that this book has any notability independent of its author. I'd say that there should be a redirect, but not under this specific spelling since the common English spelling looks to have four As instead of three. There is the possibility of non-English sources, but unless they can be provided and shown that they show notability for this book, I'm going to have to say that this book doesn't pass notability guidelines.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 02:25, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• KEEP Short story by vaikom basheer.notable author.this can be merged with his page,if deleted.(Harishrawat11 (talk) 07:23, 14 November 2012 (UTC))[reply]

• Yes, Basheer is a notable author, but the notability of his stories cannot be inherited from this. Although it's an essay, WP:INHERITED lays this out pretty well. A merge does seem reasonable, although I'm not sure Basheer's page is the best place for it. Having more in-depth information on this novel than any of the others could give it undue weight. CtP (t • c) 12:14, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• merge and redirect to author. Stuartyeates (talk) 06:25, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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