Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BBC Blast


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The result was   merge to BBC Online. Shi meru  00:18, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

BBC Blast

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Fails WP:N as many sites operate portals, but don't have Wikipedia pages for them. Fails WP:V due to the complete lack of sources. See no reason for this page.  NeutralHomer •  Talk  • 16:02, 5 July 2010 (UTC) 16:02, 5 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Weak delete. This has no independent sources at all, and one website operated by the BBC does not inherit automatic notability from it. I have no problem with keeping this article if the lack of sourcing is remedied, although there are other problems with the article that need to be addressed. — Gavia immer (talk) 16:24, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak delete per nom and Gavia. S.G.(GH) ping! 16:25, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I read about it today in the guardian, where they said the BBC Trust has agreed it should be shut down. BBC 6music saved. Verbal chat  17:44, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Unsurprisingly, that information was already in the article, complete with full citation of supporting source. &#9786;  The question to address now is where you might have read about it in a newspaper before today, and what the newspaper said. Uncle G (talk) 17:50, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge to BBC Online. Whether or not the BBC Trust has decided to shut it down is not important, it's how much media coverage it has got to date. The fact that practically all news stories about BBC's cutbacks mention the closure of BBC Blast means it warrants a mention somewhere. As to whether there's enough media coverage to warrant a stand-alone article I'm not sure, because GNews is flooding the hits with BBC News stories, which isn't really independent, but at the very least it can be mentioned in the content (or probably soon former content) section of the BBC Online article. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 18:59, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Smerge to BBC Online. Worth mentioning, it did get some coverage outside the BBC if you dig hard enough (and use -site:bbc.co.uk as a search term), e.g.  Fences  &amp;  Windows  23:22, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per Gavia. No sources = no notability. Otherwise we may as well have an article about the janitor at BBC studios too. Kindzmarauli (talk) 18:30, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: We actually do have an article about a failed applicant for a job at the BBC: Guy Goma, but he is notable for other reasons! Rodhull  andemu  18:43, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * That is awesome, just went and watched him on youtube. Kindzmarauli (talk) 18:26, 7 July 2010 (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.