Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blacklock's Reporter


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The result was   speedy keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 03:26, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Blacklock's Reporter

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I couldn't establish that this meets WP:ORG or WP:GNG Boleyn (talk) 18:55, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep has reliable source reuters Jonpatterns (talk) 22:34, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * the one-sentence mention in Reuters source is not relevant to Blacklock's notability. However, its start-up to achieve 500 subscribers was featured by The Tyee in 2012. It is registered with the Parliamentary Press Gallery Times-Colonist. Did sue the government for alleged copyright violation for bureaucrat emailing story to coworkers Ottawa Citizen. Civil servants were banned from accessing the site at work - Metro News.Canuckle (talk) 03:13, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Additionally, if you search Google News you'll see that it's frequently cited by major news orgs. T.C.Haliburtontalk nerdy to me 05:15, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. There are a number of references that show notability.
 * http://metronews.ca/news/ottawa/1253595/government-agency-blocked-public-servants-from-accessing-blacklocks-news-website/
 * http://rabble.ca/news/2015/01/feds-ban-news-website-on-public-employees-computers
 * http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/the-gargoyle-finance-canada-sued-for-copyright
 * http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2012/10/26/Blacklocks-Reporter/
 * Keep, nice secondary source coverage. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:03, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Nominatino withdrawn - my error, thanks for all your help. Boleyn (talk) 08:03, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
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