Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alternative Right (2nd nomination)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect to Richard B. Spencer. There was no support for the retention of the article on the website, however there was no objection to the idea of redirecting to Richard Spencer's biography. Merging from the history of the redirect to Spencer's article or anywhere else is at individual editorial discretion. The article for the website should not be recreated without some form of third-party review to make sure that all concerns in this discussion are addressed. Lankiveil (speak to me) 10:05, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Alternative Right
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This page for the website "alternativeright.com" should be deleted because the website is not notable enough to warrant its own article. The sources on the page are either leftwing blogs (e.g. DailyKos) or organizations that identify hate groups (e.g. ADL, SPLC). These sources only mention the website in brief blog posts or in off-hand remarks. There is no in-depth report about the website in a major news outlet, such as NY Times, WashPost or the Wall Street Journal. The website is rarely, if ever, brought up in popular or political discourse. There are 17 sources in the article and I count 5 mentions in non-RS sources, 4 brief mentions of the website in an RS but in the context of Richard Spencer, 1 brief mention of the website in an RS but in the context of the alt-right movement as a whole, 5 RS which do not explicitly mention the website at all, 1 off-hand mention of the website in an RS, 1 link to the website itself. The website therefore gets little, if any, coverage in reliable sources beyond off-hand remarks in the context of Spencer or the alt-right movement. If there is any content here worth keeping, it should just be merged with Spencer's Wikipedia article or the Wikipedia article for the alt-right movement. Just as InfoWars.com (a website that gets substantially more coverage in reliable sources) doesn't merit a Wikipedia article, neither does this far less notable website. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 18:13, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2017 May 23.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 00:02, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment and  are both non-trivial coverage of the website (and not just Spencer) in my opinion, but are of the website's first incarnation from 2010-2014. I see no coverage of the current version.  I agree with the nom that most of the references listed do not suggest notability, several (particularly the DKos diary) should be removed from the article if it is kept. Power~enwiki (talk) 01:19, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete and merge any well-sourced content into the Richard B. Spencer page. This website is not notable enough to warrant its own article. From WP:WEBSITE: "For material published on the web to have its own article in Wikipedia, it should be notable and of historical significance." I don't see how its notable, and "historical significance"? Not even close. Rockypedia (talk) 15:46, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Richard B. Spencer. Artw (talk) 13:48, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete, as non notable website. Sagecandor (talk) 15:59, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Richard B. Spencer or Merge with same.--MainlyTwelve (talk) 14:45, 30 May 2017 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.