Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daily Paul


 * 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   merge to Ron Paul. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 09:17, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Daily Paul

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Does not meet WP:GNG. The CSD was declined because the article's creator included "It has since become one of Ron Paul's most popular unofficial blog and forum" into the article. I can't find any independent sources to verify the article.  Ish dar  ian  03:35, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I think the Daily Paul should stay because it is one of the biggest blogs/forum for Ron Paul, I do believe this article meets the criteria to stay. And in fact if you google the Daily Paul, you will find many results for it. LIbertyInSpace (talk) 03:42, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Do you have any reliable sources to go off of? I did Google "Daily Paul", and a good chunk of the responses are to the site itself. Others are not reliable sources, or are reports of the same information.  Ish dar  ian  03:54, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, there appears to be a lack of direct references to the blog on other sites, but google does generate 544,000,000 results for the site. LIbertyInSpace (talk) 04:04, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * What?! I'm getting 321,000 tops, excluding Wikipedia and the site itself. By the way, have you read WP:GNG yet?  Ish dar  ian  04:28, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I have read it. How did you get 321,000? I simply googled "daily paul", and it said there was 544,000,000 results. Did I do something wrong? LIbertyInSpace (talk) 05:37, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * That's because you're getting everything with "Daily" and "Paul" in it. You need to search for the term "Daily Paul", in quotes in the search box, which gives me ~495,000 including Wikipedia, mirrors, and the site itself. - The Bushranger One ping only


 * Merge/redirect to Ron Paul. - The Bushranger One ping only 05:45, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd be up for that. I wanted to merge it with the site's creator, but he doesn't seem notable enough to have his own page.  Ish dar  ian  05:52, 27 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge with Ron Paul.  Ish dar  ian  05:52, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification. But do you not agree that 495,000 is enough to warrant an article? And I am fine with a merge, I just think that a separate article is better considering Ron Paul's article is already very large. LIbertyInSpace (talk) 06:21, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No. I don't agree. Unless some reliable sources spring up, this subject does not deserve it's own article.  Ish dar  ian  06:49, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Would Alexa count as a source? LIbertyInSpace (talk) 07:45, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Alexa would be a start, but more sources are needed about the site itself.  Ish dar  ian  18:45, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Done. How about this: http://digg.com/search?q=site:dailypaul.com&sort=relevance&age=last_month LIbertyInSpace (talk) 18:57, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Nope. Digg is nice, but it's not a WP:RS.  Ish dar  ian  19:07, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, that is about all I can provide. You can do what you want with the article, but the fact remains that the Daily Paul is indeed Ron Paul's most popular fan-site. LIbertyInSpace (talk) 23:50, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 08:30, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 08:32, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Merge/Redirect to Ron Paul. Not enough coverage in secondary reliable sources to warrant a stand-alone article. As for the arguments regarding Google search results, see WP:GYNOT & WP:GHITS.--JayJasper (talk) 17:16, 30 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I guess I was a "GoogleBoy". lol LIbertyInSpace (talk) 04:40, 1 October 2011 (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.