Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The New Confessions
I think http://news.google.com/archivesearch?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22New+Confessions%22+%2B+%22William+Boyd%22&cf=all notability is not an issue (though it needs to be established ''within'' the article), ''but'' I am concerned that the current plot section constitutes a copyright problem in its level of detail. At the time I am writing this, it is 3,049 words - using an academic estimate of 400 words per page, it would fill almost 8 pages in a standard scholarly book. I believe this crosses the line of acceptable summary, creating a Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright#Derivative_works|derivative work. See http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/996/996.F2d.1366.92-7985.92-7933.919.1392.html Twin Peaks v. Publications International. The Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)#Plot summaries notes that "The length of a plot summary should be carefully balanced with the length of the other sections."  notes that while "a concise plot summary is usually appropriate", the purpose of an article on a piece of fiction is not to retell its plot, but to discuss reception and significance. I believe the summary needs to be cut to a small percentage of its length and balanced with additional material that provides critical commentary; otherwise, there is little transformative about the content, and we are merely saving readers the trouble of buying the book. That we are non-profit is no defense; as  points out, we are not only concerned with our own use, but that of our reusers
— User:Moonriddengirl, 19:07, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:PLOT||WP:NFC (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)