Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unleashing the Ideavirus

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The result was delete. Nobody opposes deletion. Sandstein 09:43, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unleashing the Ideavirus

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I couldn't verify its claim to notability, i.e. being the most downloaded e-book of all time. Boleyn (talk) 18:30, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:37, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is a hard one. I'm sure that this book has been very popular, but I can't find reviews in the places where serious business books get reviews. I also don't know any way to prove his Amazon best seller statement (#4) since there isn't, AFAIK, an archive of Amazon rankings. (Nor information on the price of the ebook at the time, and many authors "sell" their ebooks for $0-$1 to improve its position in the ranking.) This book did not make the NYTimes bestseller list, and was barely mentioned in that newspaper. I can't find any listings in WSJ. He does nothing to substantiate his claim that this is the most downloaded book in history, so there's no way to check that since he would be referring to stats on his web page. As the person who has most single-handedly encouraged the use of hype in marketing, it's very hard to accept his claims without proof. Note: There are other Godin books with pages on WP and their references are as weak as this one. LaMona (talk) 04:27, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Dusti ^{*Let's talk!*} 04:15, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:21, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.