Talk:Close to Shore

Potential merge

@Klbrain: You removed the merge tag. Now, to be clear, I'm not a fan of drive-by mergetags with no explanation either, but I made my case in the edit summary, and dropping the notability tag made the problem / reason for merge pretty clear, right? Really, this was a polite way to check "let's see if anyone has this article on their watchlist and is willing to improve it." Existence on Goodreads is not sufficient for WP:NBOOK (and I say this as someone who thinks that Wikipedia's coverage of books is wildly underdone, with tons of notable books out there without articles yet). It could be equally said no case has been made for keeping this a separate article.

Anyway, was this strictly a procedural removal of the merge tag, or do you actually think this article is notable in its own rights? I am inclined to merge and redirect, personally. But if you think the article has merit as a standalone, I'm happy to give you time to improve it, or we can potentially go to AFD if you think it's fine as is. SnowFire (talk) 16:30, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the ping and for now making the case here (as per WP:MERGEPROP); my close was procedural, and I didn't check for other sources to see if WP:NBOOK was met, so hadn't taken a position on its notability. I suppose that you're arguing that there is only one review cited, rather than 2 (reasonably dismissing goodreads). I've had a look in my university's library and there are plenty of references independent of the source. I've added a few, including some relevant analysis from those reviews. The review of the 2003 adaptation also suggest that it will have made school reading lists, suggesting that it might also meet point 4. of WP:BOOKCRIT. So, I'd recommend leaving it, but don't feel strongly; there's no doubt more to include from other reviews. Klbrain (talk) 22:32, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To be clear, I was the one who added The New Yorker review. The article is in better shape now. I suspect it could potentially still be merged as a section, but don't feel strongly enough if you'd rather keep it separate. SnowFire (talk) 03:49, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]