Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The King of Pirates

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was merge to Henry Avery. all parties agree to merge, afd should not be proposed. (non-admin closure) Viztor (talk) 00:44, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The King of Pirates

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I recommend MERGE into Henry Avery article. Subject is not notable on its own. Article has numerous contradictory issues that make it not notable, starting with the language that it's an "obscure fictional book". Nomopbs (talk) 21:58, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Further explanation: I recommend MERGE this article into the Henry Avery article.

The first sentence in this article ("The King of Pirates is a fictional adventure by Daniel Defoe") contradicts the Daniel Defoe article under the heading "Some contested works attributed to Defoe" which notes "The King of Pirates - purporting to be an account of the pirate Henry Avery."
"Obscure fictional book" contradicts your idea of "notable", Deanyewest. See WP:N. Also, adding 10 more citations doesn't change the article or its notability. See WP:OVERCITE.
"... thought to be an autobiography of Henry Avery ..." — If it's an autobiography, then it wasn't written by Daniel Defoe.
"... thought to be a ... biography of Henry Avery many historians view the book as an embellished and highly romanized version of his life." — Tells me that even the historians can't agree on (a) who wrote it, and (b) who it is about.
The book is already mentioned on the Daniel Defoe article biography, and is mentioned several times in the Henry Avery article. The book itself isn't notable if it's "obscure".

I recommend MERGE this article into the Henry Avery article. Nomopbs (talk) 22:05, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:25, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:25, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Viztor (talk) 02:36, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Henry Avery. 111.68.115.165 (talk) 05:20, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Procedural Close - WP:AfD should not be used if you want to merge the article as nom. Even if you think it fails notability, conventional merging should be the first port of call. For a nicer phrasing than me, take a look at WP:IGNORINGATD. Close the AfD, start a merge discussion. Nosebagbear (talk) 11:26, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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