Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Christmas Pickle Tradition
The issue here is that the award isn't particularly noteworthy. It's a minor award and not the type that would really be considered to give notability as a whole on Wikipedia. Don't take this badly- most awards don't give notability on Wikipedia and I always like to say that less than 2-5% of any award ever given to anyone (which includes sports, literature, politics, etc) would count towards notability and of that percentage, less than 1% would be the type that would merit a keep on that basis alone. It doesn't help that http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1737 2014 appears to be the first time the award was given out (meaning that this has only been ongoing for 2 years) and that there is little to no coverage of the award itself in the media. The only people that appear to be talking about the award are the award winners, their publicists and publishers, and non-usable blog sources and we'd need quite a bit of coverage to show that the award is particularly noteworthy even to give partial notability. Of the sources on the article, only http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2014/12/sick_of_elf_on_the_shelf_fort_lauderdale_native_launches_christmas_pickle.php this source would be remotely usable as far as reliable sources go. http://christmaspickletradition.com/ This source is , meaning that it cannot give notability and http://mainlineparent.com/2014/12/over-the-elf-try-these-alternative-holiday-traditions/ this one reads like it was taken very heavily from a press release. It also doesn't help that it was not written by a staff member and that people can submit things to be http://mainlineparent.com/tell-your-story/ sponsored or otherwise http://mainlineparent.com/advertise-with-us/ marketed on their site. http://www.jennsblahblahblog.com/start-a-new-christmas-tradition-with-pickle-elf-holiday-gift-guide/#i0H5LrywOiI2ryr2.99 This is a blog entry and even if the blog is popular, that does not automatically mean that the blog would be one of the rare exceptions to the  rule. http://www.weknowstuff.us.com/2014/12/christmas-pickle-tradition.html This is also a blog entry and falls under the same guideline. Most self-published sources (in this case blogs) will not be usable for notability purposes because they undergo little to no editing and it's hard to tell how transparent they are in their review process. Most review blogs are fairly honest in my experience, but that still does not make them a reliable source per Wikipedia's RS guidelines, which are very strict. Now even if we were to count the MainLine Parent source as reliable, that's only two sources and it doesn't really give a very in-depth coverage of the book as a whole. This book just doesn't appear to be notable enough to warrant an entry at this point in time
— User:Tokyogirl79, 07:26, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:PRIMARY||WP:SPS (Wikipedia:No original research)