Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gossip mill nigeria


 * 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 delete. The delete arguments explain how this article does not meet the notability guidelines, which the keep arguments do not effectively refute. Davewild (talk) 06:48, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Gossip mill nigeria

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Subject of the article fails WP:GNG and WP:WEB. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 21:02, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete A rare case where the name of the website says it all; there's no reason or sourcing to believe this is a serious Nigerian news site, much less even a foreign TMZ competitor with twelve articles in the last month.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 23:51, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * so you delete an article just because you dont like the name? or what do you actually mean when you say ''A rare case where the name of the website says it all??'
 * You probably should learn to interpret other editor's comment correctly. Please Kindly wait until your "Gossip mill nigeria" becomes notable and someone with no WP:COI who knows how to write an encyclopedic article will write about it here. Do remember to sign your comment. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 17:17, 28 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep Gossip Mill Nigeria is a notable website and a very popular one in Nigeria as a matter of facts it is amongst the top ten online news agency with the biggest fan base on social media, 1. Naij.com 2. Information Nigeria 3. Sahara Reporters 4. News24 Nigeria 5. Talkofnaija 6. Gossip Mill Nigeria... out of the 6 named only one is on wikipedia saharareporters well just noticed non of these other websites are on wikipedia and am quite new on here i taught i could add every one of them imagine if i had started written and picked to write on Naij.com it would have almost been deleted instantly Monemsisemeka (talk) 10:28, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:17, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:17, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 19:27, 5 July 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95  Talk  15:36, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep It's one of the most popular news sources in Nigeria. National notability is sufficient for an article. Deleting this would be like deleting E! News. Rainbow unicorn (talk) 19:31, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * WP:Other stuff exists is usually not a valid argument at AfD. By the way, where are the third-party independent reliable sources that established the subject notability? Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 21:25, 17 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete Of the four sources, three are gossip items about the company's founder Somto Monanu (who it says is 18 although he founded the website 5 years ago?) and one on the blog naijaonpoint which just reports how many followers they have on their social media accounts. I don't see any references to the notability of the website itself and this article isn't about their Facebook page or their Twitter account but their website. According the website's About page, on August 1st 2014 our website Gossipmill.com was ranked number 49 in Nigeria which brings the article's claims more down to reality (no source provided for that ranking though). Liz  Read! Talk! 23:55, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - no coverage anywhere, web searches turn up social media, news and books yield nothing, fails WP:CORPDEPTH. Kraxler (talk) 16:38, 19 July 2015 (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.