Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Felice News (2nd nomination)


 * 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   redirect to Max Jones. Anyhthing worth merging can be done so, as long as it's properly attributed. (non-admin closure) Steven   Zhang  DR goes to Wikimania! 02:12, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Felice News
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An earlier version of this article was deleted previously at Articles for deletion/Felice News. The sourcing has improved somewhat since then such that I didn't want to invoke WP:CSD to have it speedily deleted as a repost of deleted content. However, the article is still sufficiently problematic that I don't think the subject is sufficiently notable to warrant an article.

The subject is a web site created by a then-12-year-old, now 14-year-old, to report only positive news. Apparently the site once had a weekly news webcast, but as far as I can tell that was abandoned a while back in favor of rare webcasts on special occasions, although none of those are archived. The site now focuses primarily on reprinting articles from wire services, most of which are attributed to "Newsroom Staff".

This article claims that "Felice News is currently the world's largest & most popular all-positive news outlet" -- sourced to Felice News's own Twitter feed. "The website has reporters on all continents, including Antarctica" -- that's sourced to the site's "About Us" page, but I have found no articles on the site that were reported from Antarctica. "The show Jones hosted, entitled Felice Royal Wedding, was broadcasted live around the world via Felice News' website, which generated hundreds of thousands of viewers worldwide" -- that's sourced to the site's "About Us" page again, which doesn't claim hundreds of thousands of viewers for the show anyway.

Felice News appears to be an ambitious and well-meaning project, and it has received a small amount of mainstream news coverage, but I don't see any evidence that it actually is as significant as it is portrayed in this article or has achieved as much as this article claims it has. Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:46, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of News-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:23, 2 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Just updated to include some other links. Not all articles are from 'Newsroom Staff/Wires'.  The majority are actually done by reporters.  Sure, the site isn't updated as often as most, but they have a pretty big following, and have also achieved a number of pretty high-profile interviews.  See Good News Toronto Article. • SayItRight1(talk) 15:11, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * See Talk:Felice News. I've been reviewing the sections of the site to determine whether the majority of their articles are original reporting or from other sources. In the sections I've reviewed so far, the majority have been from other sources. I also question whether the site has a "pretty big following" -- its Alexa ranking is 593,072 . By contrast, HappyNews.com, another positive news site, ranks 70,525 . Thus, it is unlikely that Felice News could be the "most popular all-positive news outlet" as this article claims. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:36, 6 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 13:24, 2 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Alpha_Quadrant    (talk)  03:03, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:50, 19 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Max Jones. Coverage mentioning the site is primarily about him and what he has done and Felice can be aduquetly covered on that page. Given the hoaxy and spammy nature of this article it should not remain. duffbeerforme (talk) 07:40, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect as Duffbeerforme. The article is, as far as I can tell, supported by almost 100% self-published sources, thus not meeting the eligibility for having its own article. Cloudz 679 12:42, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
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