The result was merge to Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse. MBisanz talk 20:28, 24 October 2012 (UTC) reply
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The gist of this nomination is that while the books have sold well, neither Founders nor Survivors have received enough coverage in reliable and independent sources to show notability enough to pass WP:NBOOK. I'd previously redirected them to the main article, but those redirects were reverted. There was an argument that making the NYT Bestseller list extended notability enough for an article, but at most the NYT list is seen more as a trivial source and not really anything that would show notability enough for an entry. Of both articles, the only sources out there are for primary sources such as the author's blog and a link to the NYT bestseller listings. If anyone can find sources that are in reliable places, I'm open to suggestion but ultimately the coverage for these specific books (as opposed to coverage of the author as a whole) is not enough to show notability and hasn't been in sources that Wikipedia would consider reliable. Tokyogirl79 ( talk) 22:21, 13 October 2012 (UTC) reply
I am also nominating the following related pages for the reasons above:
Keep: The author is one of the most notable voices in the preparedness community and Founders has been one of the best selling novels in the survivalist/preparedness genre. Gerald Hall — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.56.212.119 ( talk) 11:24, 15 October 2012 (UTC) — 184.56.212.119 ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
James Wesley Rawles has written a trilogy of which Founders is the third volume to appear. Rather than being sequential in nature, instead they tell parallel stories of life after the crunch. They are highly educational because they contain tons of information that would be useful to anyone seeking to survive after a societal collapse. These books have all been best sellers. I am astounded that anyone would consider deleting any articles about these important books. Some one must have a political agenda that they are trying to fulfill. These articles need to stay. Sugarcube73 ( talk) 00:22, 20 October 2012 (UTC) reply
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