Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Batman (1989 novel)

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The result was merge to Batman (1989 film). Please use Google's news archive feature for reliable sources regarding the book. As mentioned, worth at least a mention in the film article — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:13, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Batman_(1989_novel)

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WP:ALLPLOT, also unsourced Mdann52 (talk) 16:42, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's just a film novelization, which I would think are almost never notable. Maybe mention it in the film's article, otherwise delete. postdlf (talk) 16:51, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - As the article conists only of plot summary (most of which is identical to the film's own plot) and trivia. There's nothing really that I'm finding that would allow this article to expand to the point where it would be able to demonstrate any sort of notability indepenent of the film it is based off of. Some information can possibly be merged to the film's article, or at least the book can be mentioned in the marketing section, but keeping this as a redirect would be largely pointless, as I do not really see this as being a very plausible search term. Rorshacma (talk) 17:36, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:00, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Selective merge (excluding plot) to the film's article. It's not all plot, and while I'm concerned by the lack of sources from web searches, the book's pre-internet publication date means any sources about the book are likely to be printed not online. It was a New York Times top ten bestseller[1]. --Colapeninsula (talk) 15:53, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- gNews's "Archive" setting can get surprising results sometimes. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:42, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect to Batman (1989 film) per CP. Worth mentioning in the film's article, and redirects are cheap. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:42, 29 August 2012 (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.