Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Japan News


 * 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 (non-admin closure) → TheSpecialUser TalkContributions 15:43, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Gay Japan News

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Fails to meet WP:GNG and WP:NWEB Ducknish (talk) 21:03, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of News-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:21, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:22, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:22, 2 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. I tried to wikify this a bit. I added a number of references to the site in various independent news organizations (GJN lists some of the places it has been discussed on the site, so I used some of those). One of the problems of judging notability here is the fact, which the site itself emphasizes, that LGBT issues are not discussed much in mainstream media in Japan, so by its nature, this site is not going appear a lot in the media. As alternative media, it should be judged a little differently. But even so, there are some references in major media, especially since the staff members are sometimes called on to comment on LGBT issues. Also, NHK does introduce it on their LGBT site. Michitaro (talk) 20:56, 4 May 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) 00:41, 8 May 2012 (UTC)


 * keep per the sources added by Michitaro. Disavian (talk) 16:19, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, good deal of secondary source coverage. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:03, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:HEY. Bearian (talk) 22:03, 10 May 2012 (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.