Talk:The Chattanoogan

Sourcing for notability
I won't remove the deletion tag because I haven't been able to find a reliable source for the claims made by the website that it gets up to 500,000 hits a week. I just haven't been able to weed out nn websites linking to articles to find any articles written about the website itself. The website does feature articles written by well-known local journalists (and is owned by a historian and former writer for the "Chattanooga News Free Press"), and there are several Wikipedia citations to Chattanoogan articles, but even if this article is kept, it should be noted that much of the website's content comes directly from press releases or commentary that is probably not edited or subject to any editorial oversight as defined by WP:RS. Flowanda | Talk 00:18, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Alexa rankings here. -- Banj e  b oi   13:11, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

The Chattanoogan vs Chattanoogan.com
Chattanoogan.com might be a more accurate and recognizable name...the website's banner seems to be one of the few references to "The Chattanoogan". There's a hotel that also calls itself "The Chattanoogan", but there's no article about it or current notability issues. Flowanda | Talk 01:50, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Citing articles that don't meet Wikipedia policy
I had no idea that many of the 100+ citations using Chattanoogan.com as a reliable source were to press releases, articles with no sourcing or unsourced/poorly sourced commentary. Many of the cites concern potentially controversial information related to related to biographies of living people, including Phil Driscoll, Bob Corker and Harold Ford, Jr..

The cites are listed here: links to Chattanoogan.com.

Although most of the links were probably added in good faith, few meet the standards for WP:RS or WP:BLP, or help establish notability for borderline subjects. Flowanda | Talk 02:25, 13 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Sourced to the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Citing their website is no different than citing "All the News That's Fit to Print" from the New York Times. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 15:59, 23 July 2009 (UTC)