Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Forge Radio


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The result was   keep.  MBisanz  talk 01:11, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Forge Radio

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Contested prod. internet radio stations lacking significant coverage in verifiable 3rd party references are not notable RadioFan2 (talk) 16:19, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions.  —RadioFan2 (talk) 00:09, 27 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete Notability not particularly well established by current articles and sources. Gigs (talk) 20:40, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. In my opinion, college radio stations are always notable. You never know who might learn their trade there and go on to become famous. There are hundreds of articles about college radio stations. 199.125.109.58 (talk) 23:41, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * That is a basic violation of policy and guidelines. We only cover things that are notable already or have been in the past because anything that might happen in the future is not verifiable. - Mgm|(talk) 09:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep - Per the above anon. -  NeutralHomer •  Talk  • March 26, 2009 @ 23:49
 * Keep - There are plenty of worse articles on similar topics (i.e. student radio), focus your attention on them - Cockerney • Talk —Preceding undated comment added 00:33, 27 March 2009 (UTC).
 * Note: I have stripped Cockerney's signature on the !vote above of the potentially deceptive formatting that made it appear as if Neutralhomer had !voted twice. - Dravecky (talk) 06:48, 27 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep as the BBC article reads as if the station is government licensed, or at least was at the time, and government licensed stations get a notability leg up on random internet radio stations. Better referencing for the article will prevent this from getting re-nommed in the future. - Dravecky (talk) 06:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment there is an implication of a license there, but it appears to be a quote from a student who are not always the most reliable sources. I'm not seeing Forge radio listed on the Ofcom so they dont appear to have a analog RSL, or Community broadcast license nor is there any mention of any broadcasting outside of internet streaming mentioned in the article. I'm no expert on UK Radio standards, but I dont think streaming audio is licensed by the govt there.  If someone can point to a govt issued license for this station then yes it would be notable, otherwise, it's student run, internet only, streaming audio.  The bbc.co.uk reference does show some coverage but its still not up to the significant coverage WP:N asks for.  The arguments so far here for keeping this article that it might produce someone notable and that other stuff exists.  I'm just not seeing that this subject is or could be notable.--RadioFan (talk) 16:48, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. While I think this could be at least a notable article, there is a lack of sources to back up most of the information given on it. The argument of other stuff exists isn't a valid one, and perhaps other student radio articles should be included in this deletion debate.  [ジャム] [ t  -  c  ] 17:30, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


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