Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Free Press (magazine)


 * 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   keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 17:55, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Free Press (magazine)

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Non-notable magazine. Article does not include multiple, reliable and secondary sources to establish notability. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 07:58, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep: An AfD was already proposed by this nominator for the editor, Vinod Jose, of this Malayalam-language magazine. At the time of its publication, he was the youngest founder of such a magazine and it included a widely reprinted 2006 interview with Afzal Guru. That said, the article does need work, but the WP:Heymann effort is currently focused on Jose's main article.Crtew (talk) 00:48, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: There is a good reason to "keep" this Malayalam-language, investigative journalism publication rather than just "merge" it with Vinod K. Jose. It includes this notability statement, "Free Press was the first publication to have initiated the concept of Citizen Journalism in Kerala." It also has a long list of noteworthy investigations. And the publication figures in the article are large enough to show that it was not a fly by night operation. I'll be adding more sources, but it would help if somebody who knows Malayalam can search as that was the key language of its important work. Like other Malayalam journalists and publications, it's at a disadvantage in AfD as Google (Google advanced search doesn't include Malayalam) and other search tools, don't retrieve articles in that language.Crtew (talk) 08:28, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * The following article gives useful leads but if somebody can help locate the original publication source (possibly The Meantime), then it can be properly used: "For A Free Press" Counter Currents (July 20, 2005), which is about Vinod K. Jose's early career while he was with Free Press and before The Caravan.
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 * Keep Agreed with Crtew, pointless nomination. Fai  zan  07:51, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep, noteworthy journalism periodical publication. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 06:44, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, L Faraone  12:23, 2 June 2013 (UTC)




 * Comment Please make policy-based rationales for deleting the article; discussions of actions on other wikis are not very relevant to its existence on the English Wikipedia. This debate was relisted to allow for more policy-based discussion to occur. L Faraone  12:26, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: It was a noteworthy publication for its publication of a widely reprinted and translated article, investigative journalism  in India, early citizen journalism, and the personnel associated with it, as well as a Malayalam publication. Fresh sources were added. Crtew (talk) 15:02, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep It made a major impact and its censorship came as a result of its citizen journalism success. While it may not have a lot of English sources, I'm sure plenty exist and that those too may be difficult to find as a result, but it is a notable subject. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 00:55, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
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