Talk:Encyclopedia of Conifers

Latest comment: 8 years ago by Septegram in topic NPOV (or rather, lack thereof)

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NPOV (or rather, lack thereof)

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The article reads like a promotional text and is riddled with terms like "extensively illustrated", "high quality", "have extensive knowledge of conifers". This is not an article, this is a promotion of the book. Kleuske (talk) 10:24, 6 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

I don't see this as a promotional piece, particularly, although there is a whiff of copyvio that I should research when I have time. I can't decide whether to remove the NPOV tag or nominate the whole article for deletion. I'm sure it's a remarkable and comprehensive work, but I'm not sure if it's notable enough for its own Wikipedia article. Neither the authors, the British Conifer Society, nor the publisher have listings in Wikipedia, which makes me lean toward it being non-notable.
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*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 15:05, 3 October 2016 (UTC)Reply
The article just went through the AfD and the decision was to keep. It does need to be copyedited for tone. BTW, it was published in cooperation with Royal Horticultural Society which does have an article. K.e.coffman (talk) 19:40, 3 October 2016 (UTC)Reply
LOL. I missed the AfD note at the top of the page. Thanks.
I've added a wikilinks to the RHS; it was only mentioned on the page as "RHS," which wasn't helpful.
Best regards,
*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 21:46, 3 October 2016 (UTC)Reply