Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Civic Media Center


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The result was no consensus.  JGHowes   talk  23:36, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Civic Media Center

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fails WP:NONPROFIT and WP:NORG. hyperlocal organization with local significance only. not suitable for global encyclopedia. WP:NOTYELLOWPAGE Graywalls (talk) 18:42, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
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Keep That article was indeed in a bad condition but I've cleaned it up and added some better references. The best two new refs to indicate significant coverage in secondary sources would be Fine Print Magazine and "Taking Libraries to the Street: Infoshops & Alternative Reading Rooms", a journal article in American Libraries Mujinga (talk) 23:08, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * reply The fine print mag = fail. That's not a significant coverage. That's an event announcement. American Libraries  I couldn't say. I don't have access to it and am not sure what it says about Civic Media Center. What did it say? Graywalls (talk) 23:54, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I disagree regarding Fine Print, "The SpringBoard dinner will take place on April 9 at the Matheson Museum, 513 E. University Ave. For more information, call the Civic Media Center at (352) 373-0100" - that's an event listing sure, but there's an extra 400 words of coverage there about the CMC and the annual dinner. The American Libraries article has significant coverage of the CMC, I downloaded it from JSTOR via the wikipedia library, or do you want me to send email it to you? Mujinga (talk) 10:54, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * About fine print magazine "The Fine Print is a volunteer-based, seasonal publication based in Gainesville, Florida. Our mission is to serve the Gainesville community by providing an independent outlet for political, social, environmental and arts coverage through original, local and in-depth reporting." So that would only count as a local per WP:AUD Graywalls (talk) 20:18, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 02:06, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment. Where did you find "How To Maintain An Alternative Library: The Civic Media Center Five Years On"? I can't seem to find it online, but it looks like a quality source that's primarily about the subject of this article. That, plus the paragraph or so in  and the coverage in, would just get it over the keep line for me, I think. I'm foundering on WP:AUD requirements atm; the vast majority of coverage I'm finding is local to Gainesville. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 03:26, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * comment ya know, they said "Czopek said" FOUR TIMES, clearly putting it into the side of dependent secondary even if it's not quite into churnalism territory. It's also WP:ROUTINE in the local NPR affiliate WUFT Gainesville, again pretty much local WP:MILL nonprofit doing non-remarkable typical local thing. Graywalls (talk) 04:25, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes the majority of the coverage is local and Graywalls was indeed correct above to point out Fine Print is local, sorry about that, but WP:AUD finishes with "at least one regional, statewide, provincial, national, or international source is necessary" and that for me would be the "Taking Libraries to the Street: Infoshops & Alternative Reading Rooms" by Dodge. "How To Maintain An Alternative Library: The Civic Media Center Five Years On" I found via the Wikipedia Library, on ProQuest. Mujinga (talk) 12:35, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * that for me would be "On the other hand, attention solely from local media, or media of limited interest and circulation, is not an indication of notability; at least one regional, statewide, provincial, national, or international source is necessary." Graywalls (talk) 04:20, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * The Dodge is in American Libraries. It is the flagship magazine of the American Library Association (ALA) which promotes libraries internationally, and has a circulation of 58,000. Mujinga (talk) 09:41, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * comment Of course, "at least one" meaning, not surpassing this is an automatic fail, but barely getting above this line isn't an automatic keep. Graywalls (talk) 02:04, 25 September 2020 (UTC)


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