Talk:The Rolla Daily News

Proposed deletion, May 2020
I'd like to see a wider discussion on whether to delete The Rolla Daily News, based on the proposed guidelines WP:NMEDIA (under "Newspapers, magazines and journals," #2 and #3) and particularly WP:NEWSNOTE, second bullet. It's my understanding that this is a newspaper of record and primary local news source for a community; I have no doubt that the local library/ies and historical society/ies would have significant coverage of this paper and its predecessor titles. It's the nature of local news media that there are generally few, if any, reliable secondary sources available online that report on these institutions -- as it is newsmedia themselves that would normally fulfill this role for any other sort of commercial enterprise, and papers are often wary to promote themselves in news copy, and rarely eager to promote their competitors. Accordingly I'm removing the PROD template. It's been a while since I've done this, so if I'm not following the correct procedure, please let me know and apologies for any errors. ``` t b w i l l i e ` $1.25 ` 23:49, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem - you did the right thing in just removing the template, that's fine! I've looked up what sourcing I can for the paper, but it's still very minimal - I can find mentions of it in relation to Madeleine Albright, and occasional mentions in other newspapers in the mid to late 1900s, but there's nothing that I think would indicate it's a newspaper of record, nor that it's "frequently cited". I'll put it through a deletion discussion - it'd be great to have your participation over there! Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 09:00, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Wait, no! I've managed to find something indicating it has had legal notices published in it! That does make it fit NEWSNOTE second bullet, as you point out. Good shout! Naypta ☺ &#124; ✉ talk page &#124; 09:07, 26 May 2020 (UTC)