Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Girlfriends (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. -- Cirt (talk) 03:42, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Girlfriends (magazine)

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Non-notable magazine Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 21:23, 9 November 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:12, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  -- Jclemens-public (talk) 21:38, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, Sadads (talk) 21:50, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Hard to search because of the somewhat generic title, but "Girlfriends magazine" yields 71 hits at Google News including a variety of articles in other media citing this publication.  It was noted, among other things, for a feature on best places for lesbians to live (Milwaukee!), and an early interview with Lynne Mary Cheney.  Seems to have been a significant publication for lesbian readership for at least some period of time. --Arxiloxos (talk) 23:04, 9 November 2010 (UTC)  corrected a glaring error--Arxiloxos (talk) 02:16, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - well-known, long-time, notable niche magazine. Bearian (talk) 23:55, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Weak keep most print magazines with a national circulation tend to be notable, and this one was apparently published for 13 years and did receive some coverage. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  01:35, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete: not a great deal of coverage, and all of it appears to be mentions-in-passing, lacking any depth. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 12:14, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I have added some references to the article and expanded it a bit. While it was definitely a niche magazine, its articles, lists, and information were used in numerous other publications and there are enough of them that talk about and describe the magazine directly that it passes the notability line. This can be seen from the 1,150 results on Google Books for it. Silver  seren C 01:35, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - per improvements to article show its worth keeping.--Milowent • talkblp-r 03:02, 18 November 2010 (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.