Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gratuitous Type (magazine)


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The result was delete. North America1000 02:04, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Gratuitous Type (magazine)

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I tagged this for PROD back in December. It was de-PROD'd by, who added some sources. I finally got back around to reviewing the sources while picking through my watchlist and I still don't think this meets WP:NMAG or WP:GNG.

Of the sources offered, KK Outlets source is a marketing company, so it's not an independent source. The It's Nice That article is decent, if a bit of a narrow audience. Eye on Design is an interview with the founder, so that fails the independence test. Magpile appears to be no more than a database, and a user-editable one at that, so it doesn't support a claim of notability. Finally, per its own about page, Stack is a magazine subscription service, so I don't think a two-minute video review of a magazine from it can be considered an independent reliable source (after all, they have an interest in selling you magazines!).

I did my own search for sources at the time of the PROD and now again while AfDing and didn't find anything additional. Overall, I'm not seeing enough coverage to support a claim of notability under NMAG or GNG. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 15:31, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 18:19, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete Fails notability guidelines, no coverage in reliable, independent, secondary sources. Citrivescence (talk) 02:01, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 00:39, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nomination.TH1980 (talk) 02:04, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:SIGCOV.E.M.Gregory (talk) 20:51, 19 March 2019 (UTC)


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