Deletion of Alphabet to E-mail: How Written English Evolved and Where It's Heading

Comment: There is no substantive claim made in the article that this book is encyclopedically notable. There are numerous authors and books - most of them academic - on the history of the English language, the effect of new media on language, styles of internet communication etc etc etc out here. Not every one of these is encyclopedically notable. Wikipedia is not a book catalogue and having a listing on online bookstores is certainly not evidence of notability. What needs to be shown is that this book is regarded as "smarter than the average bear", so to speak. Amazon.com sales ranking is currently above http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0415186854/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1/103-4867583-8232610 1.02 million. This does not rule out that the book is influential, but the Amazon listing is not a persuasive argument in favour of such an assertion. No prejudice against merging ''some'' of this content to a stub for Naomi S. Baron, although whether she passes  is a matter for later debate (Baron does not have the profile of say, the British linguist David Crystal
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