Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fear and Loafing


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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Eddie891 Talk Work 19:44, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Fear and Loafing

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An article on a newspaper column that I don't think actually meets the WP:GNG. Of the references included in the current article, only one, from AOL News, would appear to be potentially valid as significant coverage from reliable sources. While the "Awards" section seems to indicate notability, most of these actually have nothing to do with the column that the article is about - they were given out long before it ever started. And, even the awards that were given to the author during the period of the column's run are of somewhat dubious notability themselves. Searches turned up very little non-primary coverage of the column. I was initially considering suggesting a Merger to the Las Vegas Review-Journal article, but given that this was just one of countless columns printed for a relatively brief time of the paper's 100+ year history, and the lack of actual coverage in reliable, secondary sources, I felt that would ultimately not be appropriate as it would give somewhat undue weight to the actual notability of the column. Rorshacma (talk) 19:09, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. Rorshacma (talk) 19:09, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per nom. The AOL source looks reliable, independent and gives significant coverage, but by itself cannot meet WP:GNG. No other reliable/independent sources are forthcoming. WJ94 (talk) 17:42, 26 January 2023 (UTC)


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