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The result was merge to Peter Stiff. Sandstein 08:44, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Rain Goddess[edit]

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This article fails WP:GNG. The sources provided include one partial review in a compilation of a review of the genre that is Rhodesian military pulp fiction. Everything else is either sales pages, blogs, or doesn't actually mention the book. Searching for the book and author's name in my WP:BEFORE turned up nothing new. -Indy beetle (talk) 07:50, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Zimbabwe-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 08:32, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 08:32, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:25, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge/redirect to Peter Stiff, the author, per Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Alternatives to deletion. I was unable to find significant coverage in reliable sources about the book to meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Cunard (talk) 01:04, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 13:01, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep. In addition to the source mentioned by the nom, this article talks about how Stiff portrays the guerrillas' use of weapons. In addition, I found a review from a Zimbabwean nationalist/patriot standpoint. All the flaws of Zimbabwean media notwithstanding, it would regard it as a reliable account of how the book was seen by Zimbabwe's regime at the time. Furthemore, said review states that "The Rain Goddess, by Peter Stiff has been described by The Natal Mercury, Durban, as the ‘classic novel on the Rhodesian War’" and refers to "many online reviews". Thus it would be a task to find these "many" reviews, or at least some. Geschichte (talk) 15:59, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Here is another Zimbabwean perspective. Geschichte (talk) 16:07, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge/redirect to Peter Stiff per Cunard (talk). The book has 5 owners on LibraryThing, and 34 on Goodreads, which is more than nothing, but a long way from notability. Nwhyte (talk) 00:51, 13 February 2022 (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.