Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Freedom of the press in China


 * 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. Liz Read! Talk! 23:40, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Freedom of the press in China

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Per WP:OVERLAP. Everything in this article is already covered in censorship in China and mass media in China. At best, pieces of this article could be moved into those two, but there's really no purpose for a stand-alone article. Amigao (talk) 05:24, 30 November 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 05:21, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment. So why are you suggesting we should not do what you say is "at best"? Thincat (talk) 09:31, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 10:50, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge. I'm not sure whether the overlap is too much for separate articles to make sense, but this is a likely search term and the topic is notable, so it shouldn't be deleted. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 18:31, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is an important page from Category:Freedom of the press by country, especially because of the wide spread censorship in China. My very best wishes (talk) 01:17, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep As noted by best wishes, we have articles on this subject on several countries from a variety of places both with high and low press freedoms. In terms of notability, when there is a whole book written about this subject GNG is clearly met. There is opportunity for expansion, for example elaborating more on the history of press freedom in China, and how it has become more and/or less free from the emperor era to today. Jumpytoo Talk 00:24, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
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 * Keep notable and important subject with delimited subject matter. Although it overlaps with related articles, this does not necessarily describe a policy based reason for deletion. 2600:4040:90C5:8000:B11F:818B:48F1:A0FD (talk) 01:32, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect (selective merge possible) as this article is duplicative as the nominator has stated. We already have target articles: censorship in China and mass media in China. Bruxton (talk) 21:53, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep, without prejudice of building consensus in the article talk page for a merge, which can happen without AFD. MarioGom (talk) 10:13, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a something that would likely be of interest to many people searching on Wikipedia. If there are concernes that the article is too short/unsourced, a discussion to redirect or merge the article can be started later. Unlimitedlead (talk) 13:33, 10 December 2022 (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.